Last Update: April 01, 2023, 01:40 AM IST
Since its release last year, ChatGPT has sparked a tech frenzy, prompting rivals and companies to launch similar products or integrate similar technologies into their own apps and products. (file photo)
ChatGPT has “the absence of any legal basis that justifies the massive collection and storage of personal data to “train” chatbots, Garante said.”
Italy’s data protection authority on Friday temporarily banned OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot and opened an investigation into the artificial intelligence application’s suspected breach of data collection rules.
The agency, also known as Garantee, accused Microsoft Corp-backed ChatGPT of failing to verify the age of its users, who must be 13 years and older.
Garante said ChatGPT lacks “any legal basis that justifies the large-scale collection and storage of personal data” to “train” chatbots. OpenAI has 20 days to respond with the measures or risk fines of up to 4% of its annual worldwide turnover.
OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
ChatGPT was still responding to questions posted by Italian users on the platform on Friday evening.
Italy, which temporarily banned the use of personal data of domestic users by ChatGPT, became the first Western country to take action against chatbots powered by artificial intelligence.
The chatbot is also not available in mainland China, Hong Kong, Iran, and parts of Russia and Africa, where residents cannot create OpenAI accounts.
Since its release last year, ChatGPT has sparked a tech frenzy, prompting rivals and companies to launch similar products or integrate similar technologies into their own apps and products.
The rapid development of technology has attracted the attention of parliamentarians of many countries. Many experts say new regulations are needed to govern AI because of its potential impact on national security, jobs and education.
The European Commission, which is debating the EU AI Act, may not be inclined to ban AI, tweeted European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager.
“No matter what #technology we use, we have to advance our freedom and defend our rights. That’s why we don’t regulate #AI technologies, we regulate the use of #AI,” she said. “Don’t destroy in a few years what took decades to build.”
The Election Commission did not respond to a request for comment.
on Wednesday, Elon Musk And a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives called for a six-month pause in developing systems comparable to OpenAI’s newly launched GPT-4, citing potential risks to society in an open letter.
OpenAI hasn’t provided details on how it trains its AI models.
“Lack of transparency is the real problem,” said Johanna Björklund, AI researcher and associate professor at Umeå University in Sweden. “If you do AI research, you have to be very transparent about how you do it,”
According to a UBS study published last month, ChatGPT is projected to reach 100 million monthly active users in January, just two months after launch, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history.
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