“ChatGpt resolves privacy issues and is now accessible from Italy”

ChatGpt is back reachable from Italy. The privacy issues that the Guarantor had raised on March 31st and which had led to the blocking of ChatGpt for those trying to connect from Italy (without using a VPN) have been resolved (at least temporarily). A stop decided independently by OpenAI itself, which has added some measures for the protection of users’ personal data. Before understanding what has changed since March 31, let’s take a step back, for those who have just discovered ChatGpt.
​What is ChatGpt? ChatGpt is a chatbot, i.e. a software that knows how to answer questions and converse, in a surprisingly brilliant and (almost) “human” way. It is part of the recent trend of generative artificial intelligence: tools which, starting from verbal instructions (the so-called “prompt”) can create texts or strings of software code (such as ChatGpt) or images (such as Midjourney: the guide), sounds or even video.​
​Access is free (to this page) but you can subscribe to the version ($20/month). Plus, which guarantees some advantages including access to the Gpt-4 model (here all the news), i.e. the new ChatGpt “engine”. The free version instead uses the less powerful Gpt-3.5.
Before seeing what ChatGpt can do, let’s try to understand what has changed in terms of privacy after discussions with the Italian Authority.
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