After having questioned ChatGPT on his professional career, the deputy Renaissance Eric Bothorel noted contrary answers according to him with the rules on the use of personal data.
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“Is it normal that what looks like a tool that processes personal data disseminates erroneous data on our fellow citizens?” MP Eric Bothorel (Renaissance) announced that he had filed a complaint, Wednesday, April 12, against ChatGPT with the Cnil, guardian of privacy, for possible breaches of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
This former elected socialist, keen on new technologies, published screenshots of his exchanges with ChatGPT, which show that the chatbot makes many errors when asked repeatedly about his profile. ChatGPT falsely asserts that Eric Bothorel was born on November 20, 1961 in Morlaix (or January 2, 1975 in Guingamp), that he is mayor of Lannion or Saint-Brieuc, that he is elected in the 2nd constituency of Côtes-d ‘Armor, that he worked in journalism, at Orange, in the communication group Havas, or as a teacher. In reality, Eric Bothorel was born on October 20, 1966 in Paimpol, has never been mayor, is a deputy for the 5th district of Côtes-d’Armor and was an executive in a subsidiary of General Electric.
An obligation to provide “accurate” information
According to the elected, the CNIL must decide on the adequacy of the current law to the evolution of artificial intelligence. There is “obligations in law to provide information that is not misleading information for those who process data”, he underlines on franceinfo. The Minister Delegate for Digital, Jean-Noël Barrot, had estimated, at the beginning of April, that ChatGPT did not respect the GDPR in his opinion, but that it was better to‘”frame” rather than banning it.
By the very admission of its designer, the OpenAI start-up, ChatGPT has a tendency to produce false information, which could contravene the GDPR, which states that information about people must be “exact”. Two complaints against ChatGPT have already been filed in France by lawyer Zoé Vilain and developer David Libeau. Around the world, several people have accused ChatGPT of making up serious information about their account.
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