Canada’s federal privacy commissioner and several of his provincial counterparts are in the midst of an investigation into the artificial intelligence (AI) company that makes ChatGPT because of a confidential complaint alleging the technology has been violating Canadians’ privacy.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that U.S.-based OpenAI “collected, used and disclosed” personal information “without consent,” according to a press release issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) on April 4.
The OPC has not released further details as the investigation is ongoing.
Each of the offices of the Alberta, Quebec, and British Columbia privacy commissioners issued press releases on May 25 announcing that they were joining the OPC in its investigation of ChatGPT….