The National Commission for Informatics and Liberties (Cnil) has decided to open “a control procedure” to investigate five complaints against the ChatGPT artificial intelligence robot, including the one presented by deputy Eric Bothorel, indicated the French personal data protection authority to AFP on Thursday.
In addition, the EDPB (European Data Protection Board), which is in charge of coordinating the authorities equivalent to the Cnil of the different EU member states, has announced the creation of a “dedicated working group” to promote European cooperation in the matter. .
This initiative, explains the European organization, was taken after the decision of the Italian authority to block ChatGPT in Italy as long as the conversational robot 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 the European authorities on possible actions that could be taken regarding ChatGPT.
In France, deputy Eric Bothorel (Renaissance) filed a complaint against ChatGPT with the Cnil on Wednesday for possible breaches of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The chosen one posted screenshots of his interactions with the AI tool, showing numerous errors when questioned on his profile, with fanciful dates and features.
Supervise instead of prohibit
The GDPR stipulates in particular that the personal data processed must be accurate. The Delegate Minister of Digital of France, Jean-Noël Barrot, stated in early April that ChatGPT did not respect, in his opinion, the GDPR but that it was better to “frame” it than to ban it.
ChatGPT is also the subject of an investigation in Canada, again on the subject of personal data. Each national data protection authority can decide at its own discretion to ban this or that 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 essential, but only a principle of collaboration, digital specialist Eric Le Quellenec, a lawyer from the firm Simmons & Simmons, reminded AFP.
Source: BFM TV
