In addition, the EDPB (European Data Protection Board), which is responsible for coordinating the equivalent authorities to the CNIL of the different EU member states, announced the creation of a "dedicated working group" to promote European cooperation on the subject.
This initiative, explains the European body, was taken following the decision of the Italian authority to block ChatGPT in Italy until the chatbot of the American company OpenAI has not taken measures of transparency and protection of user data.
The EDPB also wants an exchange of information between European authorities on possible actions that could be taken towards ChatGPT.
In France, MP Eric Bothorel (Renaissance) filed a complaint Wednesday against ChatGPT with the CNIL for possible violations of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
French deputy LREM (now Renaissance) Eric Bothorel at the Palais Bourbon in Paris, April 28, 2020 © David NIVIERE / POOL / AFP / Archives
The elected official published screenshots of his exchanges with the AI tool, which show many errors when asked about his profile, with fanciful dates and functions.
In particular, the GDPR stipulates that the personal data processed must be accurate.
French Minister for Digital Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot said in early April that ChatGPT did not comply with the GDPR in his opinion, but that it was better to "frame" it rather than ban it.
ChatGPT is also under investigation in Canada, again on the subject of personal data.
Each national data protection authority can decide sovereignly to ban a particular non-European site in its country if it considers that it does not comply with the GDPR.
There is no centralized European authority whose opinion is necessary but only a collaborative principle, reminded AFP the lawyer specialized in the digital Eric Le Quellenec, of the firm Simmons & Simmons.
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