ChatGPT breaks EU law. The first country has already banned it. More may follow shortly

The rapid development has made it elude many legal regulations, the adaptation of which does not keep up with the development of AI. Last week, he issued a statement in which he pointed out that “AI has great potential to increase capital and labor productivity, innovation, economic growth and job creation. However, its development may also pave the way for potential mass surveillance and other detrimental effects on fundamental rights and values.”. The European Consumer Organization (BEUC) has even called on EU and Member State authorities, including privacy and data security regulators, to to conduct investigations into the matter.

Italy bans ChatGPT

“” describes that the known may break European law. They already thought so which announced a ban on the use of ChatuGPT artificial intelligence. Access to this service has been blocked. For now, temporarily – until a thorough examination of the tool itself and the OpenAI company responsible for it. The Italians concluded that the company had no legal basis to “massively collect and store personal data for the purpose of ‘training’ algorithms”. Thus, they accuse her of breaking EU privacy law known as . Moreover, it was alleged that ChatGPT does not verify the age of users and exposes “minors to absolutely inappropriate responses compared to their level of development and self-awareness.”

The European Parliament is debating artificial intelligence

OpenAI has no office in the EU, but its representative has 20 days to provide information on how it plans to bring ChatGPT in line with EU privacy rules. If it does not, OpenAI may be imposed a penalty of up to 4 percent of its global revenue. What’s more, according to “Politico” information, the inclusion is being debated chatbots on the list of “high-risk” threatsespecially because of the potential to spread disinformation. The European Commission, the Council of the EU and the Parliament are currently determining the details of legal solutions that would limit the ability of intelligent chatbots to operate, without loss for ordinary users. Previously known figures from the IT world also appealed in an open letter to suspension of work on the development of artificial intelligence. The authors believe that the process of developing systems using machine learning is too fast and AI may soon be out of control.

Journalists “” perversely asked ChatGPT itself whether its activities should be legally restricted. “The EU should consider recognizing chatbots as ‘high-risk’ technology, given their potential to create harmful and misleading content. The EU should consider implementing a responsible development, implementation and use framework that includes appropriate safeguards, monitoring and oversight mechanisms” – that was his answer.