This photo illustration shows the ChatGPT logo at an office in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP)
April 1, 2023: For months, ChatGPT made positive headlines, but doubts are creeping in, starting in Italy.
The country’s reported ban on the AI marvel is probably overshadowed by other key world events at the moment, particularly the indictment of Donald Trump, but it is significant enough to prompt other nations and a growing number of users or experimenters to take a second look.
It’s fun when you chit-chat, like asking what gifts to buy for your high-maintenance girlfriend. This type of topics made it a sensation, due to the smoothness and promptness of the human-like replies. However, when delving into serious matters ones may feel, rightly or wrongly, that something is amiss, or doubt whether, when it comes to certain issues, the thing is following a script programmed into it.
The Italian data-protection authority reportedly said there were privacy concerns relating to the model, created by US start-up OpenAI and backed significantly by Microsoft, reported the BBC, which said the regulator planned to ban and investigate OpenAI “with immediate effect”.
Microsoft has reportedly spent billions of dollars on it. Reports said a version of the technology will be present in popular Office apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. It’s smart, quick, very dependable and the main reason why a lot of people are thinking that well-researched writing can be taken over from humans soon.
According to the BBC, “there have been concerns over the potential risks of artificial intelligence (AI), including its threat to job and the spreading of misinformation and bias.”
A popular question to ChatGPT today must be “What made Italy ban you?” Or, possibly, “Why was there congressional scrutiny of TikTok but not you?”
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