Fri 31 March 2023:
The Italian Data Protection Authority said on Friday that it had restricted the operation of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, over its violations regarding data collection.
The decision, which was sparked by the leak of personal data by ChatGPT on March 20, would lead to “temporary restrictions on processing of user data” in Italy by chatbot developer OpenAI, the regulator said.
The authority said it had demanded that OpenAI inform about measures it would take to increase the protection of data which carries a penalty of a fine of up to 20 million Euros ($21.
8 million) or 4% of the company’s annual turnover.
ChatGPT gained popularity after its launch in November 2022, acquiring its first million users in less than a week. In late January, microsoft said it would invest “billions of Dollars” in OpenAI. Earlier in March, OpenAI introduced a new multimodal AI model, GPT-4, capable of recognizing both text and images, as well as solving complex problems with greater accuracy.
ChatGPT has been a sensation since its launch last November due to its ability to generate plausible-sounding responses to questions, as well as creating an array of content including poems, academic essays and summaries of lengthy documents when prompted by users.
It is powered by a groundbreaking artificial intelligence system that is trained on a vast amount of information culled from the internet.
The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, announced this week that he is embarking on a six-continent trip in May to talk about the technology with users and developers.
That will include a stop planned for Brussels, where European Union lawmakers have been negotiating sweeping new rules to limit high-risk AI tools.
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