Developments in artificial intelligence crucial for the crypto world also bring some issues. We recently published Vitalik Buterin’s criticisms and concerns here. Now, some notable voices are rising from the European Union side. So, what is the latest situation and news from the EU regarding OpenAI and ChatGPT?
ChatGPT and the European Union
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) shared its latest assessments about OpenAI’s flagship. The uncontrolled growth in the field of artificial intelligence and the possibilities of reaching technology beyond what we see today are confusing. It can also be said that there are significant issues in terms of compliance.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) commented on ChatGPT‘s compliance with EU rules, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
“While the measures taken to comply with the principle of transparency are useful to prevent misinterpretation of ChatGPT’s output, they are not sufficient for compliance.”
OpenAI and Legal Compliance
In January, despite warnings and even a ban penalty from Italy, ChatGPT still does not comply with the laws of their own countries and the broader EU framework. Italian and EU data privacy laws are among the major obstacles for the AI giant. The EDPB’s report specifically mentions the lack of effort in terms of compliance.
The report includes the following details:
“Due to the probabilistic nature of the system, the current training approach leads to a model that can also produce biased or fabricated outputs.”
The report also highlights the concern that “outputs provided by ChatGPT, whether accurate or not, can be accepted as factually correct by end users.” It is unclear how ChatGPT can be made fully compliant, and this is a very complex issue. States that cannot even comprehensively regulate cryptocurrencies have to spend more effort on such a complex and different area.
GPT-4 model contains billions of data points and approximately one trillion parameters. From this perspective, the difficulty of verification is also noteworthy. However, the European Data Protection Board still states that “technical inadequacies cannot excuse neglecting the laws.”
