Italian data protection authority bans ChatGPT citing privacy violations – EURACTIV.com

The Italian privacy watchdog mandated a ban on the popular chatbot ChatGPT and launched an investigation on its provider OpenAI for suspected breaches of EU data protection rules. Italy's Garante for the protection of personal data on Friday (31 March) accused the AI system of breaching the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and failing to implement age verification systems. The blocking of the site for Italian users is temporary and will last until the provider OpenAI respects the EU privacy framework when processing the personal data of Italian users. The Italian data protection authority has also initiated an investigation into the American tech company. Launched in November, ChatGPT has been notorious for its unprecedented ability to generate human-like text based on prompts.