Several world governments are growing increasingly jittery about the Pandora’s box of advanced artificial intelligence that was cracked wide open with the public release of ChatGPT by OpenAI. Even as they mull possible regulations, it’s unclear whether the genie can even be forced back into the bottle.
On Tuesday, the Canadian privacy commissioner said he was investigating ChatGPT, joining colleagues in a growing list of countries—including Germany, France, and Sweden—that have expressed concerns about the popular chatbot after Italy banned it entirely on Sunday.
“A.I. technology and its effects on privacy is a priority for my office,” Philippe Dufresne, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, said in a statement. “We need to keep up with—and stay ahead of—fast-moving technological advances, and that is one of my key focus areas as Commissioner.”
Italy’s ban stemmed from a March 20 incident in which OpenAI acknowledged a bug in the system that exposed users’ payment information and chat history. OpenAI briefly took ChatGPT offline to fix the bug.
We took ChatGPT offline Monday to fix a bug in an open source library that allowed some users to see titles from other users’ chat history. Our investigation has also found that 1.2% of ChatGPT Plus users might have had personal data revealed to another user. 1/2
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) March 24, 2023
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