Privacy watchdog blocks ChatGPT for illegal data harvesting

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 31 - Italy's privacy watchdog on Friday blocked AI chatbot ChatGPT charging it with illegally harvesting the personal data of Italian users.
    It said the Italian activities of the chatbot developed by US company OpenAI would be suspended until its met Italian privacy standards and regulations.
    The watchdog also opened a probe.
    In its measure halting ChatGPT, the privacy authority cited a failure to inform users and all those whose data were gathered by OpenAI, and also, above all, the absence of a juridical basis justifying the data harvesting and the massive storage of personal data. (ANSA).