Italy Bans Chatgpt

Italy has placed a temporary ban on OpenAI’s ChatGPT due to concerns over privacy and safety.

The country’s data protection authority has accused OpenAI of unlawfully collecting personal data from users and cited a data breach that occurred on March 20.

The watchdog also criticized ChatGPT’s lack of age verification, which could expose minors to illicit material.

OpenAI has been given 20 days to provide additional information and possible remedies before a final decision is made about the future of the product in Italy.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to the ban on Twitter, saying that he defers to the Italian government and has ceased offering ChatGPT in Italy.

Altman also recently commented that customer service is a category of jobs that could be massively impacted by ChatGPT, but he believes human creativity is limitless and new jobs will be found eventually.