#58 Like nabbing Capone for tax evasion

This week, we discuss the emerging response to now well-documented concerns about generative AI from regulators and lawyers. With data protection authorities seemingly leading the charge, we discuss whether privacy is actually the right lever to be pulling when it comes to taking action against these technologies, in light of broader concerns about discrimination, defamation and copyright infringement. Or is this like getting Al Capone on tax evasion charges?   Links: ChatGPT is entering a world of regulatory pain in Europe (Politico) https://www.politico.eu/article/chatgpt-world-regulatory-pain-eu-privacy-data-protection-gdpr/ Statement by Italian data protection regulator https://www.garanteprivacy.it/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/9874751#english ChatGPT response to Italian regulator (Reuters - paywall) https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-propose-remedies-italian-ban-chatgpt-2023-04-06/ Story about Australian mayor defamation claim (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65202597 Story about Getty Images suing Stable Diffusion for scraping content (The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit The FBI on locking up Al Capone https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2005/march/capone_032805 Sam Altman tweet https://twitter.com/sama/status/1641897800236687360?lang=en  Credits: Music by Bensound.com