Microsoft-backed OpenAI may see ChatGPT resume in Italy if privacy requests met
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OpenAI, which is backed in part by billions from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), could see the resumption of its widely popular ChatGPT chatbot in Italy if the company meets the data protection and privacy requests from the country's data privacy agency.

The Italian Data Protection Authority, or Garante, said on Wednesday 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.
It was reported last week that OpenAI was set to present solutions to Italian regulators on to assuage 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.
Microsoft (MSFT) 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.