Last week, Italy's Data Protection Authority banned the use of ChatGPT due to concerns over the illegal collection of personal data and the lack of safeguards to prevent minors from using the chatbot. The authority has imposed a temporary but immediate restriction on OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, to stop processing the data of Italian users. The privacy watchdog plans to investigate whether the chatbot breaches the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
OpenAI stated that they have temporarily disabled ChatGPT in Italy and believe that they comply with GDPR and other privacy laws. They actively work to reduce personal data in training their AI systems like ChatGPT to ensure that AI learns about the world, not private individuals.
ChatGPT has gained millions of users since its launch due to its ability to answer any question in natural, human-like language. However, it has also received criticism from experts who have raised concerns about the risks to society and civilization by "human-competitive" AI systems. Some have called for a six-month moratorium on the development of natural language systems more powerful than GPT-4, which ChatGPT is based on.
Italy's GDPR has no legal basis to justify the massive collection and storage of personal data required to train machine learning models like ChatGPT. The answers provided by the chatbot do not always correspond with actual data, according to the GDPD. Additionally, there is no filter to verify the age of users, which could expose minors to inappropriate content.
It is worth noting that Italy might be the first European country to ban ChatGPT. The Irish data protection commission is following up with the Italian regulator to understand the reason for the ban and will coordinate with all EU data protection authorities in connection with the ban.
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