Italy bans ChatGPT: Will others follow?

OpenAI’s ChatGPT promises so much. It can already write essays, plan businesses and even code entire websites in a fraction of the time a human can. But it’s making governments nervous, as they look for ways to regulate the spread of Artificial Intelligence.

Italy banned the chatbot, saying a data breach had put users' conversations and payment details at risk. ChatGPT is already inaccessible in a number of countries, including China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. Now the likes of Ireland and Germany are investigating the company. But are these bans really just about users’ privacy?

Guests:

Inma Martinez
AI Pioneer & Data Scientist

Luciano Floridi
Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford.

Atoosa Kasirzadeh
Director of research at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Technomoral Futures

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