Alarmed by the dangers of ChatGPT, regulators and law enforcement agencies in Europe are looking for ways to slow humanity's rush into the digital future.
ChatGPT, so far records over 1.6 billion visits since December.
Europol, the European Union's Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, warned in late March that ChatGPT, just one of thousands of artificial intelligence platforms can help criminals create computer viruses and even acts of terrorism.
“If a potential criminal knows nothing about a particular crime area, ChatGPT can speed up the research process significantly by providing key information that can then be explored further in subsequent steps. As such, ChatGPT can be used to learn about a large number of potential crime areas without prior knowledge, ranging from how to break into a home to terrorism, cybercrime and child sexual abuse.”- says the Europol report.
Last month, Italy imposed a temporary ban on ChatGPT after a bug exposed user files. The company that created OpenAI reached an agreement with the Italian Data Protection Authority and agreed to comply with European privacy legislation.
The authority had blocked the world's most widely used artificial intelligence service because it did not guarantee the protection of personal data and the system's use of it to improve algorithms.
Meanwhile, Spain, France and Germany are investigating complaints about personal data breaches, and this month the EU's European Data Protection Board formed a task force to coordinate regulations across the 27-nation European Union.
We remind you that technology chiefs have been called to the White House where in a meeting they were advised to protect people from the dangers of artificial intelligence.