After addressing the privacy issues, the widely used interactive artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT has been allowed to resume offering services there.
As a result of suspicions that the AI chatbot had broken the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) of the European Union, OpenAI’s ChatGPT was temporarily prohibited in Italy on March 31.
On April 29, exactly 29 days after the ban, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared that ChatGPT was “available in Italy again” without disclosing the actions the business had made to meet the Italian regulator’s requirements for transparency.
In addition to other legal obligations, the lifting of the prohibition requires ChatGPT to disclose its data processing procedures and adopt age-gating safeguards. The temporary restriction was imposed as a result of a recent data breach experienced by ChatGPT on March 20, as noted by the Italian regulator.
While the sudden ban at first raised concerns about a wave of AI regulations, ChatGPT’s willingness to act quickly to comply with local authorities is seen as a generally positive move and is warmly embraced by its users around the world.
According to what has been reported, the bill seeks to categorize AI products based on perceived risk levels. The levels of risk range from negligible to intolerable.
The measure states that while high-risk technologies won’t be completely outlawed, they will be subject to stronger disclosure regulations. If passed into law, generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney will be required to disclose when they use elements protected by intellectual property.
