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If there's one aspect of the tech industry in which Europe seems to be far ahead of the pack, it's certainly regulation. From antitrust and tax-related issues to generative AI, we seem to have become really good at directing, limiting, prescribing, and slapping fines.
In the latest example, Italy decided to temporarily ban OpenAI's generative AI engine ChatGPT, citing issues of unlawful data collection and the lack of age verification. The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) also recently called for EU and national authorities to investigate ChatGPT. (Somehow, no one seems to be bothered by Bing and Bard, though.)
Although it's still trivial to access ChatGPT from Italy using a simple VPN connection, the ban could limit the number of new local startups building on top of the AI platform. It's not hard to predict that we're going to see a huge wave of such ventures very soon, so the timing of the ban is quite unfortunate.
Check out?our piece?with more details and comments from rather unhappy Italian founders.
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