Microsoft-backed OpenAI resumes ChatGPT use in Italy after temporary ban
Leon Neal
Artificial intelligence company OpenAI said on Friday that use of its popular ChatGPT chatbot had resumed in Italy.
A company spokesperson told Reuters that users would be again available to use the service, a move that occurred after the company "addressed or clarified" the data protection and privacy requests of Italy's data privacy agency.
The Italian Data Protection Authority, or Garante, said on April 12 that it had imposed a deadline on OpenAI for the end of the month to meet its concerns after it discovered that OpenAI had not checked the age of users and its personal data storage operations.
OpenAI recently presented solutions to Italian regulators on to assuage their concerns that resulted in the temporary ban of ChatGPT.
Earlier this month, Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini took to social media to say that the block was "disproportionate."
OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT have taken the world by storm as it makes advancements in the world of generative artificial intelligence.
OpenAI is backed in part by billions of dollars from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), which has integrated the technology into many of its products, including its developer software suite, Power Platform, its Azure cloud and its Bing search engine and mobile apps.
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