Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules, the government's privacy watchdog said Friday.
The Italian Data Protection Authority said it was taking provisional action “until ChatGPT respects privacy,” including temporarily limiting the company from processing Italian users' data.While some public schools and universities around the world have blocked the ChatGPT website from their local networks over student plagiarism concerns, it was not immediately clear when or how Italy would block it at a nationwide level.
The Italian watchdog said OpenAI must report within 20 days what measures it has taken to ensure the privacy of users' data or face a fine of up to either 20 million euros or 4% of annual global revenue. “Our investigation has also found that 1.2% of ChatGPT Plus users might have had personal data revealed to another user,” the company said. “We believe the number of users whose data was actually revealed to someone else is extremely low and we have contacted those who might be impacted.”
Finally, it noted there's no system to verify users' ages, exposing children to responses “absolutely inappropriate to their age and awareness.” If AI should “impinge” on a person's “self-determination” then “this is very dangerous,” Stanzione said. He also described the absence of filters for users younger than 13 as ”rather grave.
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