ChatGPT faces rising probe in Europe

ChatGPT, is facing a major heat from Europe by demonstrating an ability to generate essays, poems and conversations from the briefest of prompts -- as well as passing tough exams.

Italian regulators took on saying that the firm had no legal basis to engage in massive data collection and questioned the way it was handling the information it had gathered.

Joined by France, Ireland and Germany have since approached their Italian counterpart to try to establish a common position on ChatGPT.

And the concerns are not limited to Europe -- on Tuesday, Canada's data regulator said it was opening an investigation into OpenAI.

CNIL of France, regarded as the most powerful European data regulator, confirmed it had already received two complaints, though it has not yet announced a full investigation. She wrote in her complaint that when she tried to sign up for a ChatGPT account she was not asked for consent to any general terms of use or privacy policy.

Another complain from David Libeau, a developer who wrote in his submission he had found personal information about himself when he asked ChatGPT about his profile.

The previous month, billionaire Tesla and Twitter boss Elon Musk joined hundreds of experts in calling for a halt in development of powerful AI systems, a move prompted by the release of GPT-4.