The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has filed a complaint with the European Ombudsman against the European Commission accusing it of using generative AI in public documents.
The ICCL said that a recent response from the Commission to an access to documents request revealed that at least one link had been generated using OpenAI's ChatGPT.
The ICCL has expressed concerns that generative AI systems sometimes give incorrect answers and that EU institutions have a duty to provide accurate information.
"Public bodies like the European Commission should always be transparent and disclose if a generative AI tool is used in any public document, even if the output from such tools has been assessed by their staff," said ICCL Enforce Senior Fellow Dr Kris Shrishak.
"In such a disclosure, specific details about the tools should also be mentioned for transparency," Dr Shrishak said.
A spokesperson for the European Commission said it has clear guidelines for staff on how to use AI internally.
"We have our own GPT tool," the spokesperson said, adding: "we're using AI in our daily work but there is always human oversight."
"We use it in a responsible way and the latest guidelines were updated in May of this year on our internal use of AI," the Commission said.
