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The UK’s privacy regulator has warned of falling public trust in AI and said any use of the technology which breaks data protection law would be met with strong enforcement action.

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Speaking at techUK’s Digital Ethics Summit 2023 on Wednesday, information commissioner, John Edwards, pointed to organizations using AI for “nefarious purposes” in order to harvest data or treat customers unfairly.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined Clearview AI £7.5m ($9.4m) last year for breaching UK data protection rules.

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However, the facial recognition software vendor subsequently won an appeal against the fine after a tribunal agreed that processing of data on UK citizens is only done by Clearview customers outside of the EU – basically law enforcement agencies in the US.

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