ChatGPT could be blocked again in Italy. He Italian Guarantor of Personal Data Protection (GPDP) has informed OpenAI that they have found evidence of alleged Violations of the lData protection regulations such as the European Union’s GDPR are not taken into accountas the Italian regulator noted in a statement published on its website.
At the end of March last year, the agency blocked «with immediate effect« Access to the popular Artificial intelligence (AI) tool.. Now, after almost a year of investigation, the Data Protection Guarantor has confirmed this Open AI has failed to comply with several points of the regulationsalthough for now has not specified what violations may have been committed by ChatGPT. «The authority believed that the items had been acquired may constitute one or more violations of the provisions of the EU Regulation“, he explained.
The Italian authority gave one 30 day period for OpenAI to share his defense regarding his alleged violations of the General Data Protection Regulation. «When defining the procedure, the Guarantor takes into account the ongoing work within the Special Working Group bringing together the EU data protection authorities (CEPD) set up by the Council.“, they pointed out.
OpenAI says it is GDPR compliant
For his part, he said in statements to TechCrunch: OpenAI has confirmed its commitment to GDPR compliance: «We believe our practices are consistent with GDPR and other data protection laws and are taking additional measures to protect people’s data and privacy.«. The Sam Altman-led company has also confirmed its efforts to reduce ChatGPT training with personal data as much as possible.
«We want our AI to learn about the world, not about individuals. We actively work to reduce personal information when training our systems such as ChatGPT, which also rejects requests for private or sensitive information about individuals“, they explained to the above-mentioned media and emphasized: “will continue to work constructively with the guarantor«.
If this non-compliance is confirmed, OpenAI faces penalties of up to 20 million euros or 4% of its global sales.