United Kingdom: Opened consultation on ICO inquiry into allocating controllership across the generative AI supply chain

On 20 August 2024, the United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) opened a public consultation on its inquiry into allocating controllership across the generative AI supply chain until 18 September 2024. The inquiry is the fifth call for evidence in the generative AI consultation series and seeks information on the allocation of roles and responsibilities in the generative AI supply chain so generative AI developers and deployers can fulfil their data protection obligations as a controller, joint controller or processor. In particular, the inquiry seeks evidence on the influence and control organisations have over determining the means and purposes of distinct processing activities; evidence on how organisations have undertaken or instructed other entities to undertake, fine-tuning of a generative AI model; and evidence on specific elements organisations releasing “open-access” models make accessible.