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The popularity of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has shocked the whole world. By contrast, Italy has announced a temporary ban on the Microsoft-supported platform.
Citing privacy concerns, Italy’s data protection office announced Friday that it has launched an investigation into OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot.
The lack of a legal basis justifying the extensive collection and storage of personal data to train the model prompted Italy’s decision to restrict the sophisticated chatbot, according to the country’s agency.
The agency accused ChatGPT of not verifying the age of its users, which should be restricted to those over 13 years of age. The privacy watchdog is also concerned about the lack of a filter to confirm the age of users, which exposes children to inappropriate responses.
Facebook stated that it had temporarily banned the use of personal data of Italian users by chatbots.
The decision to restrict the platform was made after regulators in Italy cited a data breach in which users claimed to be able to view the chat histories of others.
In a recent podcast interview, Open AI founder Sam Altman criticized ChatGPT as a “terrible product.” Altman identified ChatGPT’s frequent error warnings, simple design, and capacity concerns as major issues.
Meanwhile, a young Belgian man recently became engaged after conversing with an artificial intelligence chatbot called ELIZA for several weeks, raising questions about the need for greater citizen protection and awareness.
India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has banned the use of AI-based ChatGPT in the upcoming class 10 and 12 board exams.
The ChatGPT bot, launched in November, has quickly gained popularity, revolutionizing the education industry and helping students with their essays and exams. The bot is also adept at writing cover letters for job applications, lines of code, and articles. Bill Gates has congratulated ChatGPT, stating that it will “transform the world.”
increasing feeling of panic
It is rare for a European privacy regulator to simultaneously set a temporary restriction and launch an investigation into the ban issue. As for the potential threats posed by today’s unprecedented AI systems, a sense of urgency has emerged over the past few days, as evidenced by the swiftness of action.
On Wednesday, a group of technologists and other experts, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, released an open letter urging OpenAI and its peers to halt development of next-generation AI models for at least six months, so that industry and governments can develop governance structures for OpenAI’s GPT-4 and future more powerful systems.
Then on Thursday, civil society groups in the United States and Europe urged regulators to force OpenAI to address some of ChatGPT’s issues. The Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), while the European Consumer Organization (BEUC) urged EU and national regulators to launch investigations into ChatGPT without delay.
While the bloc’s big institutions continue to negotiate the language of an AI Law proposed by the European Commission two years ago, action at the EU level is unlikely, according to legal experts. Legislators are currently working to update this proposal so that it can adequately address newly launched services like ChatGPT. But BEUC was also addressing its request to national data protection watchdogs, among others, and Rome seems to have responded quickly.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn