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OpenAI inches toward seeing ChatGPT regulated under EU digital rulebook

By Luca Bertuzzi ( October 21, 2025, 19:46 GMT | Insight) -- OpenAI’s ChatGPT has surpassed 120 million monthly users in the EU, crossing the 45 million threshold that could see it designated as a “systemic risk” search engine under the Digital Services Act. The move would make ChatGPT the first standalone AI service regulated under the DSA, marking a key precedent for how AI-driven online services are regulated in Europe. Formal designation could still take a few weeks. ChatGPT’s user base in Europe has surpassed the threshold that would qualify it as a regulated search engine “with systemic risks” under the EU Digital Services Act, according to data OpenAI published on Tuesday....

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