OpenAI Gets A Warning From Japan’s Privacy Watchdog

The Personal Information Protection Commission, which is in charge of protecting people’s privacy in Japan, has sent a warning to OpenAI about the collection of private data without people’s permission.

In a statement, the Commission told the Microsoft-backed startup behind ChatGPT that it should limit the sensitive data it collects for machine learning and said it may take more steps if it has more worries.

After the recent G7 meeting in Japan, where an international group called the “Hiroshima AI process” was set up, this news came out.

A lot of world officials are worried about generative AI right now. In its AI Act, the EU Parliament chose stricter rules, such as classifying creative AI like ChatGPT as high-risk and asking its creators to be more open. In the US, President Biden has said that he is worried about how quickly AI is being used.

In April, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to talk about expanding services in Japan. This was before the G7 leaders’ meeting, where Kishida led the discussion on how to regulate AI.