OpenAI announced on Friday that the artificial intelligence chat bot is now available in Italy after the firm accepted the demands of authorities who temporarily barred it due to privacy concerns.
OpenAI stated that it met a slew of conditions that the Italian data protection authority required by an April 30 deadline to lift the restriction on AI software.
"ChatGPT is now available to our users in Italy," stated San Francisco-based OpenAI in an email. "We are delighted to welcome them back, and we remain committed to safeguarding their privacy."
Last month, the Italian data protection authority, known as Garante, ordered OpenAI to temporarily stop processing personal information of Italian users while it investigated a possible data breach.
The authority stated that it does not want to stifle AI development but stressed the need of adhering to the European Union's tough data protection standards.
According to OpenAI, it has "addressed or clarified the issues" noted by the watchdog.
The efforts include adding information to its website about how it gathers and utilises data needed to train the algorithms that run ChatGPT, providing European Union users with a new form to object to their data being used for training, and introducing a tool to verify users' ages when joining up.
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