Italy’s data protection authority wants to unblock the AI software ChatGPT from the operator OpenAI under certain conditions. “We are ready to allow a return of ChatGPT on April 30, if OpenAI is ready to take appropriate measures,” the head of the data protection authority Pasquale Stanzione said in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper published on Tuesday.
In his opinion, the company, which is supported by Microsoft, is ready to implement the data protection authority’s specifications.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has made waves in politics and business with the release of the software. The program can, for example, answer inquiries or create complete texts based on a few keywords. Large, pre-fed amounts of text serve as the basis. However, there are concerns about incorrect answers and data protection.
Due to the suspicion of data protection violations, Italy’s data protection officers initiated investigations against OpenAI at the end of March. The AI software has since been banned for Italian users.
France’s data protection officer CNIL announced an audit of ChatGPT last week at the request of the Reuters news agency. According to its own statements, the Spanish sister authority AEPD had asked the EU authorities to take appropriate steps. In Germany, the Federal Digital Ministry rejects a ban. (Reuters)
