OpenAI’s Italian plan in doubt as watchdog warns GEDI over content deal
By Frank Hersey ( November 29, 2024, 16:03 GMT | Insight) -- OpenAI’s deal with GEDI Gruppo Editoriale to buy access to the archives of the group’s news titles to train its artificial intelligence models is in doubt, as Italy’s data regulator warns it could breach EU data protection law. The ongoing investigation could raise questions surrounding similar deals between AI developers and publishers.OpenAI’s hopes for more Italian-language materials to train its artificial intelligence models, such as ChatGPT, have run into trouble. The Italian data watchdog has issued a formal warning to GEDI Gruppo Editoriale, which intends to sell the AI developer access to the archives of its news titles. Similar deals worldwide between publishers and developers could raise the same concerns among regulators....
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