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ion authority mainly occurred for the experts (including Elon Musk) and ethicists in artificial intelligence as they warned about the huge amount of data that AI services such as ChatGPT collect from millions of users, which inevitably raises concerns about how these companies can threaten our privacy.They called for a six-month pause to updates of ChatGPT last week. It also took issue with the lack of a legal basis justifying the collection and mass storage of personal data with the aim of ‘training’ the algorithms that run the platform.Not surprisingly, after Italy launched an investigation into OpenAI after a cyber security breach, they discovered the data included first and last names, billing addresses, credit cards, credit card expiration dates, and the last four digits of their credit cards — ChatGPT also exposed users’ conversations last week.According to its internal analysis, ChatGPT did “not always provide accurate information” as well, which led to a misuse of personal information.<figure id="3b33"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*XIPnuWlCaKefU-O_.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>The Rome-based watchdog stated that OpenAI needed to stop operating ChatGPT in Italy by the order, after which it had 20 days to respond with counter-evidence.While OpenAI doe

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sn’t have an office in the EU, it does have representatives in the European Economic Area and if OpenAI failed to respond, it could have faced a fine of up to €20mn (up to 4 percent of its annual worldwide turnover).OpenAI did not verify the age of users, which leads to some unsuitable answers for minors compared to their degree of development and self-awareness without any warnings.Another main reason this action was taken by Italy is that on Monday, <a href="https://www.europol.europa.eu/">Europol</a> (the European police agency) warned that criminals were able to take advantage of AI chatbots to commit cybercrime.From phishing to misinformation and malware, the rapidly evolving capabilities of chatbots are likely to be quickly exploited by those with malicious intent, according to a report.A spokesperson for OpenAI said: “We have disabled ChatGPT for users in Italy at the request of the Italian Garante. We are committed to protecting people’s privacy and we believe we comply with GDPR and other privacy laws.” The regulator has acted against chatbots previously (Replika.ai was banned in February). The reason was for users seeking conversations that discuss erotic scenarios.<h1 id="1865">Is ChatGPT still blocked in Italy?</h1>Nope.What do you think about this?</article></body>

Italy blocked ChatGPT (here’s what happened that day)

A year ago, when ChatGPT came out, everyone started to talk a lot about it (including me):

- What is ChatGPT?

- ChatGPT VS Elon Musk

- Will ChatGPT replace humans?

- Is ChatGPT gay or does it identifies as non-digitary??????

All jokes aside, on 31 March 2023, Something unexpected happened that no one expected:

If you live in Italy, you know the drill. However, if you’re outside of Italy, you probably don’t know what happened.

On Friday, 31 March 2023, Italy’s privacy watchdog (Garante) temporarily banned ChatGPT over privacy concerns and became the first Western country to do so. The nation’s data protection authority stated that it will temporarily block access to the ChatGPT in Italy, while they investigate OpenAI, the U.S. company behind this popular artificial intelligence tool.

This action from Italy’s data protection authority mainly occurred for the experts (including Elon Musk) and ethicists in artificial intelligence as they warned about the huge amount of data that AI services such as ChatGPT collect from millions of users, which inevitably raises concerns about how these companies can threaten our privacy.

They called for a six-month pause to updates of ChatGPT last week. It also took issue with the lack of a legal basis justifying the collection and mass storage of personal data with the aim of ‘training’ the algorithms that run the platform.

Not surprisingly, after Italy launched an investigation into OpenAI after a cyber security breach, they discovered the data included first and last names, billing addresses, credit cards, credit card expiration dates, and the last four digits of their credit cards — ChatGPT also exposed users’ conversations last week.

According to its internal analysis, ChatGPT did “not always provide accurate information” as well, which led to a misuse of personal information.

The Rome-based watchdog stated that OpenAI needed to stop operating ChatGPT in Italy by the order, after which it had 20 days to respond with counter-evidence.

While OpenAI doesn’t have an office in the EU, it does have representatives in the European Economic Area and if OpenAI failed to respond, it could have faced a fine of up to €20mn (up to 4 percent of its annual worldwide turnover).

OpenAI did not verify the age of users, which leads to some unsuitable answers for minors compared to their degree of development and self-awareness without any warnings.

Another main reason this action was taken by Italy is that on Monday, Europol (the European police agency) warned that criminals were able to take advantage of AI chatbots to commit cybercrime.

From phishing to misinformation and malware, the rapidly evolving capabilities of chatbots are likely to be quickly exploited by those with malicious intent, according to a report.

A spokesperson for OpenAI said: “We have disabled ChatGPT for users in Italy at the request of the Italian Garante. We are committed to protecting people’s privacy and we believe we comply with GDPR and other privacy laws.” The regulator has acted against chatbots previously (Replika.ai was banned in February). The reason was for users seeking conversations that discuss erotic scenarios.

Is ChatGPT still blocked in Italy?

Nope.

What do you think about this?