Italy Temporarily Bans ChatGPT, Citing Illegal Collection of Personal Data

The artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT was temporarily banned in Italy, the first known instance of the chatbot being blocked by a government order. Italy’s data protection authority said OpenAI, the California company that makes ChatGPT, unlawfully collected personal data from users and did not have an age-verification system in place to prevent minors from being exposed to illicit material.