Italian privacy watchdog opens investigation into Sora
Italy's data protection regulator announced it has launched an investigation into OpenAI's video generation tool Sora . The Garante said it was concerned about 'the possible implications for the processing of personal data of users located in the European Union and in particular in Italy', and has asked OpenAI for 'clarifications' within twenty days. The watchdog also said it wants to know if Sora will comply with European data protection rules if it is released in the EU. Unveiled in February 2024, Sora can create realistic videos of up to a minute long via simple textual user prompts. When shown, the model drew praise as well as concerns about possible copyright abuse and its impact on jobs. System 🤖 Sora Developer: OpenAI Country: Italy Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Generate video Technology: Text-to-video; Machine learning Issue: Privacy Regulation ⚖️ EU General Data Protection Regulation Legal, regulatory 👩🏼⚖️ Garante (2021). Artificial intelligence: the Italian Data Protection Authority opens an investigation into OpenAI’s ‘Sora’
- Date it happened
- 2024-03-01
- Organisation involved
- OpenAI
- Product, system or model
- Sora
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