"Italy's Privacy Watchdog Blocks ChatGPT Amid Privacy Concerns"

The Italian Data Protection Authority has temporarily suspended the use of the artificial intelligence (AI) service ChatGPT in the country.  The privacy watchdog opened a probe into OpenAI's chatbot and blocked the use of the service due to allegations that it failed to comply with Italian data collection rules.  The authority stated that OpenAI did not put sufficient measures in place to prevent people aged 13 and below from using ChatGPT.  The watchdog said that they "noticed a lack of clear notice to users and all interested parties whose data are collected by OpenAI, but above all, the absence of a legal basis that justifies the collection and massive storage of personal data to train the algorithms upon which the platform is based."  According to Timothy Morris, chief security advisor at Tanium, the heart of the issue in Italy seems to be the anonymity aspect of ChatGPT. Hoxhunt CEO Mika Aalto stated, "AI and Large Language Models like ChatGPT have tremendous potential to be used for good in cybersecurity, as well as for evil."

Infosecurity reports: "Italy's Privacy Watchdog Blocks ChatGPT Amid Privacy Concerns"