<p>The European Union's central data regulator said on Thursday it was forming a task force to help countries deal with wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, ramping up the pressure on its US maker OpenAI.</p>.<p>Italy temporarily banned the program last month over allegations its data-gathering broke privacy laws, and France's regulator said on Thursday it had opened a formal procedure after receiving five complaints.</p>.<p>ChatGPT can generate essays, poems and conversations from the briefest of prompts, and has proved itself capable of passing some tough exams.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/will-chatgpt-shake-up-higher-education-in-india-1187775.html" target="_blank">Will ChatGPT shake up higher education in India?</a></strong></p>.<p>But it has been dogged by concerns that its talents could lead to widespread cheating in schools, supercharge disinformation on the web and replace human workers.</p>.<p>And the chatbot can only function if it is trained on vast datasets, raising concerns about where OpenAI gets its data and how that information is handled.</p>.<p>French regulator CNIL, regarded as Europe's most powerful, has opened a case after receiving five complaints, one of which was from an MP, Eric Bothorel.</p>.<p>He said the bot had invented details of his life, including his birth date and job history.</p>.<p>Under Europe's data protection regulation (GDPR), such systems are obliged to provide accurate personal data as much as possible.</p>.<p>Italy, the first regulator to bar the bot, this week issued a slew of actions OpenAI would need to take to get back into the country -- not least providing a legal basis for its data gathering.</p>.<p>Europe's central regulator, the EDPB, said its members chose to take action after monitoring Italy's approach.</p>.<p>"The EDPB decided to launch a dedicated task force to foster cooperation and to exchange information on possible enforcement actions conducted by data protection authorities," the body said.</p>.<p>After Italy's order to halt ChatGPT, OpenAI told AFP that it was "committed to protecting people's privacy" and believed its tool complied with the law.</p>.<p>The firm, though, said it had voluntarily geo-blocked its services in Italy.</p>
<p>The European Union's central data regulator said on Thursday it was forming a task force to help countries deal with wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, ramping up the pressure on its US maker OpenAI.</p>.<p>Italy temporarily banned the program last month over allegations its data-gathering broke privacy laws, and France's regulator said on Thursday it had opened a formal procedure after receiving five complaints.</p>.<p>ChatGPT can generate essays, poems and conversations from the briefest of prompts, and has proved itself capable of passing some tough exams.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/will-chatgpt-shake-up-higher-education-in-india-1187775.html" target="_blank">Will ChatGPT shake up higher education in India?</a></strong></p>.<p>But it has been dogged by concerns that its talents could lead to widespread cheating in schools, supercharge disinformation on the web and replace human workers.</p>.<p>And the chatbot can only function if it is trained on vast datasets, raising concerns about where OpenAI gets its data and how that information is handled.</p>.<p>French regulator CNIL, regarded as Europe's most powerful, has opened a case after receiving five complaints, one of which was from an MP, Eric Bothorel.</p>.<p>He said the bot had invented details of his life, including his birth date and job history.</p>.<p>Under Europe's data protection regulation (GDPR), such systems are obliged to provide accurate personal data as much as possible.</p>.<p>Italy, the first regulator to bar the bot, this week issued a slew of actions OpenAI would need to take to get back into the country -- not least providing a legal basis for its data gathering.</p>.<p>Europe's central regulator, the EDPB, said its members chose to take action after monitoring Italy's approach.</p>.<p>"The EDPB decided to launch a dedicated task force to foster cooperation and to exchange information on possible enforcement actions conducted by data protection authorities," the body said.</p>.<p>After Italy's order to halt ChatGPT, OpenAI told AFP that it was "committed to protecting people's privacy" and believed its tool complied with the law.</p>.<p>The firm, though, said it had voluntarily geo-blocked its services in Italy.</p>