Italy data protection agency opens ChatGPT probe on privacy concerns

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MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's data protection agency said on Friday it had opened a probe into OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot over a suspected breach of the artificial intelligence application's data collection rules.

The agency also accused ChatGPT, which is financially supported by Microsoft, of failing to check the age of its users. The app is supposed to be reserved to people aged 13 and above.

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Italy data protection agency opens ChatGPT probe on privacy concerns