Italy became the first Western country to ban ChatGPT. Here’s what other countries are doing

CNBC April 4, 2023
Ryan Browne

Key Points

– Italy last week became the first Western country to ban ChatGPT, the popular AI chatbot.

– ChatGPT has both impressed researchers with its capabilities while also worrying regulators and ethicists about the negative implications for society.

– The move has highlighted an absence of any concrete regulations, with the European Union and China among the few jurisdictions developing tailored rules for AI.

– Various governments are exploring how to regulate AI, and some are thinking of how to deal with general purpose systems such as ChatGPT.

Italy has become the first country in the West to ban ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence chatbot from U.S. startup OpenAI.

Last week, the Italian Data Protection Watchdog ordered OpenAI...

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