OpenAI Proposes Remedy for Italy’s ChatGPT Ban: All Details Here

Microsoft-backed OpenAI, known for developing the well-known AI chatbot ChatGPT, plans to propose solutions to Italian authorities on Thursday in response to a ban on ChatGPT in the country, Italy’s data protection authority said.

According to Reuters, OpenAI promised in a video conference late Wednesday to be more open about how it processes user data and verify users’ ages, the official said. The information authority announced that it will evaluate OpenAI’s proposals.

Italy’s data protection authority issued the ban last week due to concerns about the chatbot’s functionality. OpenAI’s recommendations aim to address these concerns and potentially lift the ban.

The agency, also known as Garante, accused Microsoft-backed ChatGPT of failing to verify the age of its users, who are supposed to be 13 or older. Italy, which temporarily restricted the use of personal data of ChatGPT’s domestic users, became the first Western country to take action against the AI-powered chatbot.

Recently, a regional Australian mayor has threatened to sue OpenAI, the creative company behind the hugely popular ChatGPT, if it fails to correct false claims the generative AI made about his prison bribery. This potential lawsuit – if it moves forward – would mark the first defamation case against OpenAI.

Brian Hood, who was elected mayor of Hepburn Shire in November last year, has expressed concern about his reputation after ChatGPT falsely suggested he was involved in a foreign bribery scandal, according to a recent report by Reuters.

The chatbot is also not available in mainland China, Hong Kong, Iran and Russia, and parts of Africa where residents cannot create OpenAI accounts. Since its launch last year, ChatGPT has sparked a technology craze that has seen competitors launch similar products and companies to integrate it or similar technologies into their apps and products.

The European Commission, which is debating the EU’s artificial intelligence law, may not be inclined to ban artificial intelligence, European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager tweeted.

With feeds from Reuters

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