Fascinating, is ChatGPT also dangerous? While governments around the world are obsessed with the risks that TikTok poses, the ChatGPT revolution seems to be trickling down the drain. It is a bit like this warning message that the municipality of Montpellier is launching when it prohibits the use of the chatbot by its agents but also within the framework of its contractual relationships, as announced Free lunch.
Therefore, the first concern is the destination of the data when it is entered into ChatGPT, a few days after a first global leak. Especially since the tool should reach the entire public service en masse, through Microsoft 365, the set of office services used in most town halls.
“A car without a license”
But this prohibition also applies to co-contractors of the municipality. “We often call consulting firms design bureaus. So we give them our data. But where does it go?” alert Manu Reynaud. The elected official also points to the risk of a legal imbalance for contracts if ChatGPT performs work billed for several days, even several weeks of work, in a few hours.
But it’s hard to go against the current. “It is a precautionary measure,” continues the elected official, who assures that he is not opposed on principle. “It is a technology that will make it possible to dispense with certain tasks such as reports,” he admits, assuring that this will not mean the abolition of jobs in Montpellier.
Therefore, the municipality should, as a first step, launch a study on the subject before clearly positioning itself on the use or not of ChatGPT in the future.
Source: BFM TV
