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OpenAI’s ChatGPT accused of breaching EU privacy laws


OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has been accused of breaching EU privacy rules by Italy's regulator

OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT has been accused of breaching privacy rules by an Italian regulator in a follow-up to a probe last year that included a short ban for the application. Previously, the AI research company took action on concerns including the right of users to decline consent for personal data to be utilized to train algorithms but those moves don’t appear to have gone far enough. The brief ban imposed on ChatGPT meant Italy was the first major European nation to halt the progress and proliferation of the AI technology from OpenAI, with its fast development attracting cautious glances from politicians and other authorities in recent times.

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