ChatGPT
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ChatGPT is a conversational AI service developed and operated by OpenAI. Its processing of personal data became the subject of a temporary restriction and investigation by Italy's data-protection authority in March 2023.[1]
Data-protection intervention in Italy
On March 31, 2023, the Garante announced an immediate temporary limitation on OpenAI's processing of Italian users' data. The authority identified concerns about notice, the legal basis for training-data processing, inaccurate personal information and age verification. These were the authority's stated grounds for intervention, not a description of an AI system independently making policy.[1]
On April 28, 2023, the authority reported that OpenAI had restored access in Italy after introducing changes. These included information notices, ways to object to training uses of personal data, and age-related registration measures. The Garante said its investigation would continue and identified further requested work. Reopening access did not amount to a comprehensive finding of compliance.[2]
General-purpose AI governance
The May 2024 International scientific report on the safety of advanced AI: interim report identified applications such as ChatGPT as a route through which general-purpose AI became familiar to the public. It described unusually strong public and policymaker interest and considered the opportunities and risks of systems capable of many tasks.[3]
That report supplies a documented policy connection, but not proof that ChatGPT alone caused any particular law to be adopted. This profile covers the system and selected regulatory history; OpenAI covers the organization's own policy proposals and institutional role.[3]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Garante, Artificial intelligence: stop to ChatGPT by the Italian SA, March 31, 2023. Accessed September 12, 2026.
- ↑ Garante, OpenAI reinstates service in Italy, April 28, 2023. Accessed September 12, 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 International scientific report on the safety of advanced AI: interim report, May 2024, executive summary and introduction. Accessed September 12, 2026.