The Italian data protection authority has banned the use of ChatGPT artificial intelligence chat from the US company OpenAI due to privacy concerns.. According to the BBC, the decision has already entered into force, the regulator intends not only to block the chat, but also to investigate its activities..

The chatbot was officially launched in November 2022 and has since been used by millions of people around the world.. He can answer questions using natural, human-like language. At the same time, it uses data from the Internet until 2021..

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The launch of the bot raised concerns, including that it could replace human workers and be used to spread disinformation. Earlier this week, a thousand experts, including Elon Musk, called for limiting the development of advanced artificial intelligence models..

Now the Italian regulator has announced that it will not only block the use of ChatGPT in the country, but also investigate whether it complies with the General Data Protection Regulation. In particular, how it uses, processes and stores personal data will be investigated..

On March 20, the regulator said that the application had leaked data related to questions asked by users, as well as their payment data.. The Italian watchdog said there is no legal basis to justify the "

In addition, they said that the application does not check the age of users, which means that it offers “minors absolutely inappropriate for their degree of development and awareness answers”.

The Bard chatbot launched by Google is still available, but only for people over 18. Its use was restricted for the same reasons..

Previously, AI research lab OpenAI released GPT-4, the latest version of the revolutionary AI system that powers ChatGPT..