Microsoft-backed OpenAI to meet with Italian data privacy agency after ChatGPT ban
Leon Neal


OpenAI, which is backed in part by billions from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), is slated to meet with Italy's data privacy agency after the country temporarily banned its artificial-intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT.
The Data Protection Authority said in a statement that it will meet with OpenAI representatives after the company sent a letter expressing openness to collaborating with respect to European privacy rules.

Last week, Italy temporarily banned the AI chatbot after it became concerned about data privacy.
Over the weekend, Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini took to social media to say that the block was "disproportionate."
Separately on Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden is slated to meet with his advisors to discuss the risks and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence.