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Italy says ChatGPT can be back if it makes ‘useful’ changes
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Italy says ChatGPT can be back if it makes ‘useful’ changes

[ad_1] The head of Italy's privacy watchdog was hopeful Tuesday that OpenAI would adjust its AI chatbot so it could be back online in the country at the end of April.Italy's watchdog temporarily blocked ChatGPT at the end of March over data privacy concerns, becoming the first Western country to take action against the popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. "We are ready to reopen ChatGPT on April 30, if there is a willingness on the part of OpenAI to take useful steps," Data Protection Authority chief Pasquale Stanzione told the Corriere della Sera daily. "It seems that on the company's side there is, we'll see," he said.ChatGPT caused a global sensation when it was released last year for generating essays, songs, exams and even news articles from brief prompts.But critics have ...
ChatGPT can resume in Italy if meets data watchdog’s demands
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ChatGPT can resume in Italy if meets data watchdog’s demands

[ad_1] Italy's data protection agency set out a list of demands on Wednesday to address its concerns over ChatGPT and allow the chatbot service run by OpenAI to resume in the country.Almost two weeks ago Microsoft Corp-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy after the authority, known as Garante, temporarily restricted its personal data processing and began a probe into a suspected breach of privacy rules. In a statement on Wednesday Garante laid out a set of "concrete" demands to be met by the end of this month "Only in this case.. the authority will suspend the provisional restrictions on the use of the data of Italian users ... and ChatGPT will once again become accessible in Italy," it said.OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Italy was the first Western E...