OpenAI’s ChatGPT re-enters Italy after obliging transparency demands

ChatGPT, a popular conversational artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, has been re-authorized to offer its services in Italy after addressing privacy concerns raised by Garante, the regional data protection authority.

On March 31, OpenAI’s ChatGPT was temporarily banned in Italy after regulators suspected the AI ​​chatbot was violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements.

On April 29, just 29 days after the ban, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that ChatGPT was “available again in Italy,” although it did comply with Italian regulators’ transparency demands. The company did not disclose the steps it took to do so.

chatgpt is now available again.

— Sam Altman (@sama) April 28, 2023

Withdrawing the ban required ChatGPT to clarify its data processing practices and implement age-restriction measures, among other legal requirements. As highlighted by Italian regulators, the temporary ban was a response to the recent data breach CHaptGPT suffered on his March 20th.

We took ChatGPT offline on Monday to fix a bug in an open source library that allowed some users to view titles from other users’ chat histories. Our research also found that her 1.2% of ChatGPT Plus users may have exposed their personal data to another user. 1/2

— OpenAI (@OpenAI) March 24, 2023

While the sudden ban initially raised the possibility of a wave of AI regulation, ChatGPT’s willingness to respond quickly to local governments is seen as a positive move overall, with users around the world widely welcomed.

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European Union lawmakers are working on a new bill to check explosive AI developments.

As reported by Cointelegraph, the bill aims to classify AI tools according to perceived risk levels based on their capabilities. Risk levels range from minimal to unacceptable. The bill would not ban high-risk tools outright, but would apply stricter transparency requirements.

If signed into law, generative AI tools, including ChatGPT and Midjourney, would be eligible to disclose their use of copyrighted material in AI training.

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