The Italian Guarantee for Personal Data Protection reports that the American company OpenAI, which manages ChatGPT, has announced in a new statement measures to respect the privacy of internet users and therefore reactivation of Artificial Intelligence tools is allowed.

Nearly a month after blocking the platform, the company has complied with the Italian authorities’ request.

On March 31, authorities ordered an “immediate” block of this Artificial Intelligence tool, accusing it of disrespecting consumer data protection laws.

Actions that were to be maintained until ChatGPT “disrespected the discipline of privacy” were reversed after Guarantor sent a set of terms to OpenAI on April 12 to ensure greater transparency.

By blocking it, the Italian organization regrets that this chat, the most famous of the emerging artificial intelligence, which is capable of simulating human conversation, suffered on March 20. loss of data about your users and payment details of your customers.

In its terms, the Italian guarantor highlights “a lack of information for users and all interested parties from whom OpenAI collects data”, but “above all there is no legal basis justifying the collection and storage of personal data on a large scale“.

The authorities also claim that the information generated by ChatGPT “does not always correspond” to reality And It laments the “absence of any type of filter” in its user age verification, despite the fact the service is intended for people over 13 years of age.

Japan wants rules

This weekend is a meeting of the G7 Digitalization Ministers, who will seek to reach an agreement on the ‘proper’ use of artificial intelligence (AI).

“While promoting the development of AI, there are risks depending on how it is used, so it is important to consider the proper rules. I want to make a document on specific steps in this regard,” said Japanese Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takeaki Matsumoto.

After the meeting of the G7 countries (Germany, Canada, United States, France, Italy, Japan and United Kingdom), it is hoped that there will be a document with initiatives to be taken on the management of AI and concerns raised about potential leaks of user data,

“At a time when digital society is entering a period of major change, It is very important for the G7 to meet and discuss this.”the Japanese minister added in a statement to NHK.

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