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Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT

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Re: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT

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post #17

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Nah, this is a good move. These huge companies need to stops behaving like they own the world.

In what way does ChatGPT behave like they own the world?

Search (basically Google and now ChatGPT) do have a history of moving beyond the 10 blue links that search used to be, for better or worse- at the cost of the people that create the content.

Also neither company seem to have much regard for user privacy.

Re: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT

#22
post #5

[Google Translation] Artificial Intelligence: The Guarantor blocks ChatGPT Illegal collection of personal data. Absence of systems for verifying the age of minors Stop ChatGPT until it respects the privacy regulation. The Guarantor for the protection of personal data has ordered, with immediate effect, the temporary limitation of the processing of data of Italian users against OpenAI, the US company that developed an…

This 4% rule really has teeth. It is even more interesting for Microsoft, where this would probably eat most of the profit.

God please make them consider Microsoft the owner and calc revenue based on Microsoft's global revenue.

Re: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT

#23
This is just a temporary annoyance for OpenAI.

Their partner/owner Microsoft already hosts GDPR compliant OpenAI GPT-3 models from an Azure data center (in the EU). It's only a question of time before they also host GPT-3.5-turbo and GPT-4.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/o...

Azure ain't cheap but they know how to do EU compliance. Many EU governments put their citizens data on Azure's EU data centers.

Re: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT

#25

Now do protecting our IP and content from unwanted openai scraping. Just because a blog or book is out in the open it doesn't mean a company should immediately integrate it in their product - which is what open ai does. Pay for it and if i agree on the price I shall let you use my content.

If you put it out in the open – someone might read it. If they read it – they may remember it and retell it later or use it in their works. That someone may or may not be a human person. If you want to get paid for the work – don't put it out in the open.

Re: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT

#26
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah, this is a good move. These huge companies need to stops behaving like they own the world.

In what way does ChatGPT behave like they own the world?

By indexing and training on everything it can find in the internet?!

To explain this further: OpenAI et al. (as commercial products) are being trained on content that is published under licenses that allow non-commercial use only. Do those systems respect these licenses? It doesn't look like that. "AI companies" need to stick to laws but as nobody is able to look inside their blackboxes, we can't make sure they follow the law. That's where legislation like this comes from.

Re: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT

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post #10

I really don't get this kind of bans. When I connect to a service in the US, my bits are traveling there. Italy "banning" ChatGPT (whatever it means) is like preventing me from getting high in Amsterdam because, as an Italian citizen, I should not be allowed to.. Never got it, and never will.

Singapore actually does drug tests on random Singaporeans returning from holidays to enforce exactly that.

That's mental. I guess they're trying to encourage people abstain altogether, but what'll actually happen is anyone inclined to dabble will steer clear of the kind of substances that can be detected for a while after you take them and use things that disappear relatively quickly.

"No weed for me thanks, I don't wanna take any chances. I'll stick to the cocaine tonight"

Re: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT

#28
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah, this is a good move. These huge companies need to stops behaving like they own the world.

In what way does ChatGPT behave like they own the world?

They use every bit of data they can find without regard to the rights of the authors, publishers, or subjects of the data?

Re: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT

#30
[chatgpt translation]

Stop ChatGPT until it complies with privacy regulations. The Guarantor for the protection of personal data has imposed, with immediate effect, the temporary limitation of data processing of Italian users by OpenAI, the US company that developed and manages the platform. The Authority has simultaneously opened an investigation.

ChatGPT, the most famous among relational artificial intelligence software capable of simulating and processing human conversations, suffered a data breach on March 20th, concerning user conversations and information relating to payment by subscription service subscribers.

In the provision, the privacy Guarantor notes the lack of information to users and all those concerned whose data is collected by OpenAI, but above all, the absence of a legal basis justifying the massive collection and retention of personal data, for the purpose of "training" the algorithms underlying the platform's operation.

As also demonstrated by the investigations carried out, the information provided by ChatGPT does not always correspond to the real data, thus determining an inaccurate treatment of personal data.

Finally, despite - according to the terms published by OpenAI - the service being aimed at those over 13 years old, the Authority highlights how the absence of any filter for verifying the age of users exposes minors to responses that are entirely unsuitable for their level of development and self-awareness.

OpenAI, which does not have a headquarters in the Union but has designated a representative in the European Economic Area, must communicate within 20 days the measures taken in implementation of what is required by the Guarantor, under penalty of a fine of up to 20 million euros or up to 4% of the annual global turnover

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