ROME, March 19 (Reuters) – A Rome court has cancelled a 15‑million‑euro ($17 million) fine that Italy’s data protection authority imposed on ChatGPT maker OpenAI, a ruling showed on Thursday. * The court did not immediately release an explanation forits ruling. * “We welcome the decision by the Court of Rome. We’vealways been committed to […]
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Italian court scraps 15-million-euro privacy watchdog fine on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
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ROME, March 19 (Reuters) – A Rome court has cancelled a 15‑million‑euro ($17 million) fine that Italy’s data protection authority imposed on ChatGPT maker OpenAI, a ruling showed on Thursday.
* The court did not immediately release an explanation forits ruling. * “We welcome the decision by the Court of Rome. We’vealways been committed to respecting user privacy and lookforward to helping more Italian people, businesses and societybenefit from AI,” OpenAI said in a statement. * The data protection authority, known as Garante, declinedto comment. * The fine was issued in December 2024 over the allegedunlawful use of personal data by the generative AI application. * At the time, OpenAI said the decision was”disproportionate” and said it would appeal. * In March 2025 the Rome court had temporarily suspended thefine, pending a ruling on the merits of the case.
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(Reporting by Francesca Piscioneri and Elvira Pollina. Editing by Alvise Armellini and Mark Potter)