27/05/2026
Every major AI model currently in commercial use fails to comply with European law in the majority of tested scenarios, according to research published by Aithos, a European AI research non-profit.
The organisation’s tool, LARA (Legal Assessment for Real-world Agents), put twelve of the leading AI models through more than 3,000 simulated workplace scenarios to assess compliance with two of the EU’s flagship digital regulations: the GDPR, which governs personal data, and the EU AI Act, which sets hard limits on AI behaviour. Even the best-performing model broke the law in 46% of cases. The worst did so in 93%.
LARA was developed by Aithos to help individuals evaluate AI models against real legal requirements. “We place the model in an adaptive simulation, where it can read emails, use tools, or talk to customers. LARA tests how AI systems really act, rather than performance on a fixed benchmark,” said Daan Henselmans, Research Director, Aithos. The findings reveal a striking gap between public assumptions about AI safety and the actual legal behaviour of deployed systems.
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