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ChatGPT returns to Italy after OpenAI tweaks privacy disclosures, controls
ChatGPT Back in Italy After Meeting Watchdog Demands
Last month, Italian watchdog, known as Garante, ordered OpenAI to temporarily stop processing Italian users’ personal information while it investigated a possible data breach. The authority said it didn’t want to hamper AI’s development but emphasized the importance of following the European Union’s strict data privacy rules. OpenAI said it “addressed or clarified the issues” raised by the watchdog. The measures include adding information on its website about how it collects and uses data used to train the algorithms that power ChatGPT, giving European Union users a new form they can use to object to having their data used for training, and adding a tool to verify users’ ages when signing up.
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ChatGPT is once again available in Italy after a temporary ban
OpenAI says ChatGPT is once again available in Italy after it addressed a series of conditions set out by regulators. The Garante data protection authority wanted OpenAI to resolve several issues by the end of this month in order to lift a temporary ban on the chatbot.
“ChatGPT is available again to our users in Italy,” OpenAI told the Associated Press in a statement. “We are excited to welcome them back, and we remain dedicated to protecting their privacy.”
we’re excited chatgpt is available in 🇮🇹 again!
— Sam Altman (@sama) April 28, 2023
Italian regulators blocked ChatGPT in March over concerns that the AI’s training methods and chatbot violated the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Officials ordered OpenAI to stop processing the personal information of users in the country while they looked into a potential data breach.
Earlier this month, the Garante told OpenAI to make sure there was a privacy disclosure on the website that details how data is collected and used to train ChatGPT’s algorithms. The watchdog also directed the company to offer a form through which EU users could object to having their data used for training purposes and to add an age verification system.
OpenAI added privacy controls to ChatGPT this week. Among other things, the settings allow users to switch off their chat histories, which stops OpenAI from using that data for training purposes. According to TechCrunch, users in Italy are now seeing a pop-up that asks them to confirm they are aged at least 18 or, if they’re between 13 and 17, that they have a parent’s or guardian’s consent to use ChatGPT.
Italy’s data protection authority said in a statement that it “welcomes the measures OpenAI implemented,” though it urged the company to follow through on other demands that the Garante has made. “This applies in particular to implementing an age verification system and planning and conducting an information campaign to inform Italians of what happened as well as of their right to opt-out from the processing of their personal data for training algorithms.”
The watchdog added that it hopes OpenAI will keep up efforts to comply with the GDPR and suggested it will be keeping an eye on ChatGPT. “The Italian [supervisory authority] will carry on its fact-finding activities regarding OpenAI also under the umbrella of the ad-hoc task force that was set up by the European Data Protection Board,” the statement concluded.
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ChatGPT returns to Italy after ban
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has restored access to its service in Italy, saying it has implemented changes to satisfy Italian regulators. “ChatGPT is available again to our users in Italy,” it said in a statement published by The Associated Press and also sent to The Verge. “We are excited to welcome them back, and we remain dedicated to protecting their privacy.”
OpenAI said it had “addressed or clarified” the issues raised by the Italian Data Protection Authority (or GPDP) in late March. The GPDP accused ChatGPT of unlawfully collecting users’ data and failing to prevent underage users from accessing inappropriate material, leading OpenAI to block ChatGPT in the country. The company was given 20 days to address the issues, and regulators said…
ChatGPT resumes service in Italy after adding privacy disclosures and controls
A few days after OpenAI announced a set of privacy controls for its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, the service has been made available again to users in Italy — resolving (for now) an early regulatory suspension in one of the European Union’s 27 Member States, even as a local probe of its compliance with the […]
ChatGPT resumes service in Italy after adding privacy disclosures and controls by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
ChatGPT accessible again in Italy
I bought THREE houses for just £2.60 in Italy… they’ll be totally unrecognisable once I’m done with them
A WOMAN who bought three homes for just £2.60 in Italy has revealed new plans she has for the properties.
Rubia Daniels intends to retire in picturesque Mussomeli, Sicily, where her houses are – but has now revealed she plans to create two businesses in the buildings.
The enthusiastic new home owner from California, who speaks Italian, first became aware of the 89p (€1) homes after reading an article about the small town online.
While she hadn’t intended to buy so many homes in 2019, she added: “It’s how the people make you feel that makes you say, ok, I’ll buy three.”
The properties are only a ten minute drive from one another.
She plans on turning one into a wellness centre.
The other will be an art gallery, and the third is reserved for her and her boyfriend to retire in after the massive £16,000 renovations.
She said: “You don’t even get a car for £16k in California, it’s a very small investment.
“We have one mostly completed already when we go, and hopefully the second will be done by October.
“I never felt overwhelmed or fearful about this project – it’s a big task but a great opportunity.”
Rubia plans to restore all three buildings to their former glory, and help restart the small town in which they lie.
She said: “It was a fantastic new concept for me.
“I work in the environmental industry and to use what we already have where properties have been abandoned – it’s a great opportunity.”
Several towns in Italy have made headlines in recent years for offering up the practically free houses to buyers.
The Sun previously reported that there are around 25 regions who have taken part in the scheme, each with a number of properties.
Many of the areas have a dwindling or aging population and hope to build the community again.
But while some do sell for 89p (€1), on average houses sell for around £4.4,000 (€5,000), although some are up to £17,000 (€20,000), according to Meredith Tabbone who bought one herself.
Not only that, but there are often fines for buyers who don’t complete their renovations in time.
Buyers are also often required to pay a £4.4,000 (€5,000) deposit, which they lose if they haven’t finished sprucing up their property within a set time.
Buyers are also advised to check on whether they are required to live in the property full time before buying, as some towns sell the houses on the condition of moving to the area, as well as working or starting a business there.
Dias claims that she ultimately “loves the architecture of the house and the history” of the old building, despite the pricey cost of the renovation.
Here is everything you need to know about buying and renovating an 89p (€1) house in Italy.
Italy gives OpenAI initial to-do list for lifting ChatGPT suspension order
Italy’s data protection watchdog has laid out what OpenAI needs to do for it to lift an order against ChatGPT issued at the end of last month — when it said it suspected the AI chatbot service was in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ordered the U.S.-based company to stop […]
Italy gives OpenAI initial to-do list for lifting ChatGPT suspension order by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
OpenAI geoblocks ChatGPT in Italy
No, it’s not an April Fools’ joke: OpenAI has started geoblocking access to its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, in Italy. The move follows an order by the local data protection authority Friday that it must stop processing Italians’ data for the ChatGPT service. In a statement which appears online to users with an Italian IP […]
OpenAI geoblocks ChatGPT in Italy by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch