December 21st.ItalydataThe protection agency Garante made an announcement on Friday after concluding an investigation into the use of personal data by generative AI apps and finding that OpenAI was training ChatGPT Failure to comply with data privacy regulations at the time ofA fine of 15 million euros (note: currently about 114 million yuan) was imposed.
1AI cites the announcement that OpenAI violated the principle of transparency and its obligations to users with respect to information in the process of training ChatGPT, which is not a sufficiently Italian legal basis for the processing of users' personal data.
Garante began its investigation in 2023 and, in addition to the issues described above, found that OpenAI lacked an effective age verification system and was not effective in preventing children under the age of 13 from accessing inappropriate content.
OpenAI was ordered to conduct a six-month campaign in the Italian media to raise public awareness about how ChatGPT works, specifically about how it collects user and non-user data to train its algorithms.
OpenAI said the decision was "factually incorrect" and that the company would appeal the decision.