Irish data regulator has a ‘warning’ on AI chatbot regulations

Gadgets Now Bureau / Gadgets Now / Updated: Apr 21, 2023, 07:58PM IST

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Irish data regulator has a ‘warning’ on AI chatbot regulations

At a time when technology companies are bullish on using generative AI, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, a group of governing bodies globally have called for regulations. The Irish data regulator has echoed the sentiment but it said that authorities must figure out how to do so properly.

"It needs to be regulated and it's about figuring out how to regulate it properly," Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Helen Dixon was quoted as saying.

"For the Irish data protection commission, where we are at is trying to understand a little bit more about the technology, about the large language models, about where the training data is sourced. So I think it's early days, but it's time to be having those conversations now rather than rushing into prohibitions that really aren't going to stand up," it said.

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According to a report by news agency Reuters, last week, the watchdog set up a task force on ChatGPT following a move by Italy to temporarily ban the chatbot.

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Earlier this month, Italy's data protection watchdog cited alleged privacy violations and issued an immediate ban on access to ChatGPT. In a statement, the Italian National Authority for Personal Data Protection said that ChatGPT had "suffered a data breach on March 20 concerning users' conversations and payment information of subscribers to the paid service".

The decision resulted in "the temporary limitation of the processing of Italian users' data vis-a-vis [ChatGPT's creator] OpenAI."

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While Italy became the first Western nation to take action against an AI-powered chatbot, reports said that Germany is also considering a ban on ChatGPT. French and Irish privacy watchdogs also said that they have also contacted the Italian data regulator to discuss its findings.

The Italian regulator, Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data (GPPD), recently said that OpenAI will have to take certain measures if it wants the ban to be revoked. These measures include being more transparent and informing users about how their data is being used.

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