AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023.
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMILAN, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Italy's data protection authority has kicked-off a fact-finding investigation into the practice of gathering large amounts of personal data online for use in training artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, the regulator said on Wednesday.
The watchdog is one of the most proactive of the 31 national data protection authorities in assessing AI platform compliance with Europe's data privacy regime known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Earlier this year, it briefly banned popular chatbot ChatGPT from operating in Italy over a suspected breach of privacy rules.
"Following the fact-finding investigation, the Authority reserves the right to take the necessary steps, also in an urgent matter", the regulator said.
Persons:
Dado Ruvic, Elvira Pollina, Mark Potter
Organizations:
REUTERS, General Data Protection, Authority, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Italy, France, Germany