Italy’s data protection regulator, Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali, has cautioned GEDI, a leading Italian media group, to comply with EU data protection laws in its collaboration with OpenAI. Reuters reports that the regulator highlighted the risk of non-compliance if personal data from GEDI’s archives were shared under a proposed agreement with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.
Details of the GEDI-OpenAI Collaboration
The partnership, formed in September, would allow OpenAI to use Italian-language content from GEDI’s publications, including La Repubblica and La Stampa, to enhance its chatbot services. The regulator warned that the use of personal and sensitive data stored in digital archives requires stringent safeguards. “The digital archives of newspapers contain the stories of millions of people, with information, details, and even extremely sensitive personal data that cannot be licensed without due care for use by third parties to train artificial intelligence,” stated the Garante.
GEDI clarified that its agreement with OpenAI does not involve selling personal data. “The project has not been launched,” said GEDI. “No editorial content has been made available to OpenAI at the moment and will not be until the reviews underway are completed.” The company expressed hope for ongoing constructive dialogue with the Italian data protection authority.
Regulatory Concerns and AI Legislation
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