Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Launches Investigation Into Company Behind ChatGPT

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Launches Investigation Into Company Behind ChatGPT
The OpenAI logo on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT in Boston on March 21, 2023. Michael Dwyer/AP Photo
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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) says it has launched an investigation into OpenAI, the U.S.-based company that created the popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT.

AI technology and its effects on privacy is a priority for my Office,” Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in an April 4 announcement. “We need to keep up with–and stay ahead of–fast-moving technological advances, and that is one of my key focus areas as Commissioner.”