Japan privacy watchdog warns ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on user data

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TOKYO :Japan's privacy watchdog said on Friday it has warned OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed startup behind the ChatGPT chatbot, not to collect sensitive data without people's permission. OpenAI should minimise the sensitive data it collects for machine learning, the Personal Information Protection Commission sa

TOKYO :Japan's privacy watchdog said on Friday it has warned OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed startup behind the ChatGPT chatbot, not to collect sensitive data without people's permission.

Regulators around the world are scrambling to draw up rules governing the use of generative artificial intelligence , which can create text and images, the impact of which proponents compare to the arrival of the internet. The watchdog noted the need to balance privacy concerns with the potential benefits of generative AI including in accelerating innovation and dealing with problems such as climate change.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in April met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with an eye to expansion in Japan, ahead of the Group of Seven leaders summit where Kishida led a discussion on regulating AI.

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