Deputy Éric Bothorel, of the Renaissance group, filed a complaint on Wednesday April 12 against ChatGPT with the National Commission for Data Processing and Liberties (Cnil), guardian of privacy, for possible breaches of the European General Protection Regulation. of data (GDPR), he announced on Twitter.
This former socialist, keen on new technologies, published screenshots of his exchanges with ChatGPT, which show that the chatbot makes many errors when asked about its profile. ChatGPT falsely claims that Éric 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, Éric Bothorel was born on October 20, 1966 in Paimpol and has never been mayor. He is a member of the 5th constituency of Côtes-d’Armor and was an executive in a subsidiary of General Electric. ” Is it normal that what looks like a tool that processes personal data disseminates erroneous data on our fellow citizens? It seems problematic to me “, declared Éric Bothorel to AFP. ” I don’t say haro on ChatGPT “, he however specified.
An artificial intelligence that can produce false information
According to him, the CNIL must decide on the adequacy of current law to the evolution of artificial intelligence. ChatGPT appeared in November 2022 and quickly impressed with its ability to hold coherent exchanges and answer complex questions. But this type of artificial intelligence, called generative, only works by predicting plausible answers.
By the very admission of its designer, the start-up OpenAI, it tends to produce false information, which could contravene the GDPR, which states that information about people must be “accurate”.
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.
The robot is also the subject of a temporary block in Italy, and an investigation in Canada, still on the subject of personal data. In France, the Minister Delegate for Digital, Jean-Noël Barrot, affirmed at the beginning of April that ChatGPT did not respect the GDPR in his opinion, but that it needed better “ frame it rather than forbidding it.
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(With AFP)