Italy's decision to temporarily suspend ChatGPT forbid has inspired other European countries to investigate whether tougher measures are needed to rein in the wildly popular chatbots and whether such actions should be coordinated. That reports Reuters.

The Dutch AP is following developments, a spokesperson told Ziptone, but there are no plans for formal steps yet. “Each supervisor makes its own considerations.”

The Italian privacy regulator accuses OpenAI of not checking the age of ChatGPT users, among other things. Also, the regulator lacks “a legal basis that justifies the massive collection and storage of personal data” to “train” the chatbot.

Meanwhile, privacy regulators in France and Ireland have contacted their counterparts in Italy to learn more about the basis of the ban. Germany is also considering following Italy's course of blocking ChatGPT over data security concerns, Germany's data protection commissioner said. the Handelsblatt newspaper. Privacy regulators in Sweden and Spain are not yet ready to take action.

Meanwhile, OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy on Friday. The company has not yet responded to questions about other European regulators investigating possible violations in their countries. (Reuters/Ziptone)

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