Last Update: April 13, 2023, 06:28 AM IST
Italy was the first Western European country to take action against OpenAI. (file photo)
On March 31, Microsoft Corp-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy after an agency known as Garante temporarily banned it.
Italy’s data protection agency has set an April-April deadline for OpenAI to meet its demands on data security and privacy to restart its artificial intelligence ChatGPT chatbot service in the country.
On March 31, Microsoft Corp-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy after the agency, known as Garante, temporarily banned it and opened an investigation into a suspected breach of privacy rules.
The Italian agency accused OpenAI of failing to verify the age of ChatGPT users and criticized the “absence of any legal basis” that justifies the massive collection and storage of personal data.
In a statement on Wednesday, Guarante laid out a set of “concrete” demands to be met by the end of this month.
“Only in this case .. will the authority suspend the provisional restrictions on the use of Italian users’ data … and ChatGPT will once again be accessible in Italy,” it said.
Italy was the first Western European country to take action against OpenAI, but the rapid development of the technology has attracted the attention of lawmakers and regulators in many countries.
Many experts say new regulations are needed to govern AI because of its potential impact on national security, jobs and education.
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