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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Redefining Consent under Global Data Protection Frameworks
Abstract
Background: Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) — particularly systems that automate profiling, infer sensitive attributes, personalize interactions, and nudge behavior — are straining traditional concepts of consent embedded within global data protection frameworks. Established consent paradigms (informed, specific, freely given, and unambiguous) were designed for relatively discrete human–data interactions and are poorly matched to continuous, opaque, and ecosystemic AI data flows.
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