News and thoughts on Italy's ChatGPT restrictions

At first, the article was titled "OpenAI starts blocking access to ChatGPT from Italy", but since there are likely to be various developments in the future, I will add them to this entry. Therefore, I will update it with time as it progresses.

2023-04-03 13: 49

OpenAI starts blocking access to ChatGPT from Italy

Yesterday's Order¹), OpenAI began blocking access to ChatGPT from Italy before the start of Monday in Europe.²It seems that you did.

thoughts:Well, that's true. The facts are clear, and if you don't follow the order, the EU Rep will give you three months or more in prison.

Italian Minister Says "ChatGPT Ban is Excessive"

The Italian minister also said that the ban on ChatGPT was excessive.³.

thoughts:If they were to change their attitude just because the Minister said something, their independence would be called into question, so this in itself is a difficult situation for the personal information protection authorities.

2023-04-03 16: 30

"PizzaGPT" is born for Italy where ChatGPT is banned

Following the start of blocking ChatGPT, a circumvention called PizzaGPT has emerged.

• "PizzaGPT" is born for Italy where ChatGPT is banned
• PizzaGPT – ChatGPT clone accessible from Italy

"It uses Nuxt 3, Tailwind, and DaisyUI to implement a wrapper/chat interface for the OpenAI completions API."

thoughts:Unfortunately, this seems to be nothing more than a loophole. It seems they are asking for a donation of the equivalent of a pizza to handle the increased traffic, but that may be because it is just a temporary system to bridge the gap until OpenAI implements the instructions they have been given, such as including age verification and data usage opt-out in the main flow of traffic. It would be interesting if they were to do their own age verification and automatically opt-out of data usage. Of course, this alone would not solve the problem of Italian data being included in the training data, but it would at least have the effect of preventing new learning, and that is probably what Garante⁴I think this will be the conclusion that OpenAI will reach (← this is just my personal opinion).

2023-04-05 22: 23

Following Italy's decision to block access to ChatGPT, other EU countries, including Germany, are considering blocking it.

Following Italy's lead, Germany and other countries appear to be considering similar orders.

• Following Italy's decision to block access to ChatGPT, other EU countries, including Germany, are considering blocking it. https://gigazine.net/news/20230405-openai-geoblocks-chatgpt-germany/
• Germany considers following Italy in banning ChatGPT
  https://sg.news.yahoo.com/germany-chatgpt-considers-following-italy-banning-chatgpt-openai-ai-artificial-intelligence-101058703.html
• Italy's ChatGPT ban attracts EU privacy regulators | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/technology/germany-principle-could-block-chat-gpt-if-needed-data-protection-chief-2023-04-03/

Thoughts: Well, since the Italian order was based on the GDPR, it would be surprising if similar orders didn't come from other EU member states.

1. "Italian Privacy Authority Orders ChatGPT to Immediately Restrict Processing of Italian Users' Data"
2. Gigazine: OpenAI blocks access to ChatGPT from Italyhttps://gigazine.net/news/20230403-openai-geoblocks-chatgpt-italy/>
3. Reuiter:”Italian minister says country's ban on ChatGPT is excessive”https://www.reuters.com/technology/italian-minister-says-countrys-ban-chatgpt-is-excessive-2023-04-02/>
4. Italian Data Protection Authority