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Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/03\/the-week-in-ai-the-pause-request-heard-round-the-world\/<\/a><\/br>
\nThe week in AI: The pause request heard \u2019round the world<\/br>
\n2023-04-03 22:01:59<\/br><\/p>\n

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Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here\u2019s a handy roundup of the last week\u2019s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn\u2019t cover on their own.<\/p>\n

In one of the more surprising stories<\/a> of the past week, Italy\u2019s data protection authority (DPA) blocked OpenAI\u2019s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, citing concerns that the tool breaches the European Union\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation. The DPA is reportedly opening an investigation into whether OpenAI unlawfully processed people\u2019s data, as well as over the lack of any system to prevent minors from accessing the tech.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear what the outcome might be; OpenAI has 20 days to respond to the order. But the DPA\u2019s move could have significant implications for companies deploying machine learning models not just in Italy, but anywhere within the European Union.<\/p>\n

As Natasha<\/a> notes in her piece about the news, many of OpenAI\u2019s models were trained on data scraped from the internet, including social networks like Twitter and Reddit. Assuming the same is true of ChatGPT, because the company doesn\u2019t appear to have informed people whose data it has repurposed to train the AI, it might well be running afoul of GDPR across the bloc.<\/p>\n

GDPR is but one of the many potential<\/a> legal<\/a> hurdles<\/a> that AI, particularly generative AI (e.g. text- and art-generating AI like ChatGPT), faces. It\u2019s becoming clearer with each mounting challenge that it\u2019ll take time for the dust to settle. But that\u2019s not scaring away VCs, who continue to pour<\/a> capital into the tech like there\u2019s no tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Will those prove to be wise investments, or liabilities? It\u2019s tough to say at present. Rest assured, though, that we\u2019ll report on whatever happens.<\/p>\n

Here are the other AI headlines of note from the past few days:<\/p>\n