A few days ago, Italian data protection agency Garante accused Microsoft-backed OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot app ChatGPT of violating data protection regulations。Garante said it had concluded that ChatGPT had one or more potential data privacy violations.。

In December, EU lawmakers and governments reached tentative agreement terms on regulating AI systems like ChatGPT, moving closer to setting rules governing the technology.。Among Western European countries, Italy was the first to impose restrictions on ChatGPT。

Microsoft is a supporter of OpenAI, and the investigation will take into account the work done by the privacy regulators of the European Task Group member states.。OpenAI now has 30 days to present its defence。

The rapid development of ChatGPT has caused concern among regulators, while under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), any company that breaks the rules could face fines of up to 4% of global turnover.。