the organization that unites the countries of Europe national Privacy regulators said Thursday that it is creating a task force particularly concentrated on OpenAI’s ChatGPT program, ie global audit of Ramping up artificial intelligence systems.
the announcement By the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) marks an important start move Towards developing a unified approach to privacy rules on artificial intelligence.
It follows on one side move from Italy last A month to reduce ChatGPT – a position of the Commissioner of Germany for data protection He said can be followed in The largest in Europe economy.
ChatGPT, artificial intelligence program that captured public attention for that it ability To quickly write answers to scale range of inquiries, becoming the fastest growing consumer app in history with more than 100 million per month active users while asking questions about threats to their safety, privacy, and functionality.
Experts from the United States government And many other European governments have also Expressed concern about rapid growth of Approval of ChatGPT and similar AI products.
The members of the EDPB discussed the recent enforcement actions taken by the Italian data protection authority against OpenAI for GPT Chat Service”.
EDPB decided to launch a dedicated mission force To enhance cooperation and exchange information on possible Enforcement actions carried out by the data protection authorities.”
source in one national guard who They asked not to be identified because they are not authorized to speak to media He said Member States hope to align policy positions, but this may take time.
The source said that member states do not seek to punish or make rules This will affect Microsoft Corp.-supported ChatGPT owner OpenAI, and will even affect the creation of general Policies that are “transparent”.
They said that among those present at Thursday’s meeting policy experts who Offer opinions and exchange ideas rather than being present decision- Makers.
EDPB is independent body that oversees the data protection rules in The European Union consists of national data protection watch dogs.
Discussion of ChatGPT was added to the body’s agenda following Spain’s request to discuss the matter earlier this week.
Meanwhile, data for Spain protection AEPD said on Thursday it was launching a preliminary investigation into possible data breaches by ChatGPT.
