The Office of Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has launched an investigation into the company behind ChatGPT, a popular artificial intelligence chatbot.
The commissioner’s office announced on Tuesday that its investigation into the American company OpenAI had been launched. following a complaint that personal information has been collected, used and disclosed without consent
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Data Protection Officer Philippe Dufresne explains this in a statement The impact of artificial intelligence on privacy is a priority
for his office.
He points out that the Office of the Commissioner must keep pace with the rapid development of technological progress and even be one step ahead
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Mr Dufresne’s office added that he would not give any further details at this time, but reminded that it is his job to report publicly on the results of his investigations.
ChatGPT blocked in Italy
Launched last November, ChatGPT uses written information already available on the web to provide detailed, conversational responses to user queries. To date, it has been used to create a wide variety of documents and responses, from computer code to film scripts. Critics, on the other hand, have expressed concerns about plagiarism.
Last week, the Italian counterpart to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner blocked ChatGPT while it was investigating an alleged breach of EU rules protecting personal data.
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