The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced on Wednesday it is launching an investigation into OpenAI, the United States-based company behind the popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, in a response to complaints the program collects, uses and discloses personal information without the prior consent of its users.
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Launched in November, ChatGPT uses written information available on the internet to provide conversational responses to user queries. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is also using similar technology from OpenAI to update its search engines and other products. OpenAI has not yet commented on the investigation.
“AI technology and its effects on privacy is a priority for my office,” said Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne in a statement.
“We need to keep up with – and stay ahead of – fast-moving technological advances, and that is one of my key focus areas as commissioner.”
In late March, the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission about ChatGPT’s risk to privacy and public safety. The complaint was filed after a group of tech industry leaders, including Elon Musk, called for a six-month pause on the development of any future AI technology.
The letter, originally organized by nonprofit Future of Life Institute, pointed to a recent “out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever more powerful digital minds that no one — not even their creators — can understand, predict, or reliably control.”
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