It's a well-known trend that new technologies eventually challenge existing laws. Take cryptocurrencies, the metaverse, or, more recently, generative artificial intelligence, for example. When it comes to the latter, its place among existing regulations in the U.S. and abroad has been largely debated in the last year—whether it be with copyright law, intellectual property or defamation. But the area where there has been the most contention is perhaps data privacy. In fact, the technology's legal standing under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is still a debated one, as tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT and other generative AI-powered products may challenge many of the principles enshrined in the so-called "law of everything." Above, Legaltech News looks back at some of the key areas of tension between the GDPR and generative AI.