On Thursday, Spain announced an investigation into the US chatbot chaton the same day that France and the European Union formed a working group on this technology.
The Spanish Agency for Data Protection (AEPD) said in a statement that it had “initiated ex officio” an investigation with the US company OpenAI, the owner of the ChatGPT service, for a possible breach of the regulations” on data protection.
Italian authorities blocked ChatGPT on March 31, a bot that appeared in November that can through artificial intelligence carry out complex conversations with its interlocutors, specifically claiming that it did not respect legislation on personal data.
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France’s data protection authority announced its own investigation on Thursday, while the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), which is responsible for coordinating similar offices in EU countries, said it had set up a working group dedicated to the topic.
With this, the EDPB seeks to exchange information between European authorities on what actions can be taken regarding ChatGPT.
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“With the start of the investigation in Spain and the participation in the European working group, the AEPD acts in parallel (…) as a national oversight and control authority, as well as in coordination with its European counterparts through the commission,” explained the Spanish Foundation.
The league said it supported “innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence,” but stressed that technological development should always be “consistent with people’s rights and freedoms.”
After Italy banned ChatGPT, OpenAI told AFP it was “committed to protecting people’s privacy” and considered its tool to be in compliance with the law.