Italy blocks OpenAI's ChatGPT over privacy concerns

The artificial intelligence app did not respect user data and could not verify users' ages, according to Italy's privacy watchdog.

Published on: Mar 31, 2023, 16:31:35 IST

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Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial robot ChatGPT, saying the artificial intelligence app did not respect user data and could not verify users' age.

The logo of OpenAI is displayed near a response by its AI chatbot ChatGPT on its website. (REUTERS)

The decision "with immediate effect" will result in "the temporary limitation of the processing of Italian user data vis-a-vis OpenAI", said the Italian Data Protection Authority.

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Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
Nirmitha Rao is a journalist at Hindustan Times, covering political and human interest stories with a keen focus on science and environmental journalism.

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