Italy – DIGIT INFO

Amnesty International head says AI innovation vs. regulation is ‘false dichotomy’

Amnesty’s secretary general said the EU has a chance to lead with new AI regulations and member states shouldn’t “undermine” the forthcoming AI Act.

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Italian regulators investigate online AI data scraping

The Italian Data Protection Authority has launched a “fact-finding” probe into the security practices of public and private websites to prevent AI data scraping.

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TikTok, Snapchat, OnlyFans and others to combat AI-generated child abuse content

Major social platforms, AI companies, governments and NGOs issued a joint statement pledging to combat AI-generated abusive content, such as explicit images of children.

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Bank of Italy innovation hub supports research into security tokens on secondary markets

The Italian central bank’s Milano Hub has selected a project headed by Cetif Advisory and Polygon Labs in its second round of proposals.

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Binance caves to pressure over coin listings, scoring a win for privacy

Those of us in Italy and surrounding countries will be allowed to continue trading Zcash, Monero and other coins that Binance sought to condemn as unworthy.

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How regulators are mitigating the risk of extinction from AI: Law Decoded, May 29–June 5

There is no shortage of regulatory efforts to mitigate the negative impacts of artificial intelligence.

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Italian senator provokes parliament with AI-generated speech

A senator in Italy utilized OpenAI’s GPT-4 to generate a speech during a parliamentary meeting in order to spark a “serious debate” about the technology.

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Italy sets aside millions for workers at risk of AI replacement

Italian officials are setting aside $33 million to enhance the development of digital skills for workers at risk termination due to automation and AI.

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Coinbase exec uses ChatGPT ‘jailbreak’ to get odds on wild crypto scenarios

According to ChatGPT, there’s a 15% chance that Bitcoin will “fade to irrelevancy,” with prices falling 99.99% by 2035.

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT re-enters Italy after obliging transparency demands

The revocation of the ban in Italy required ChatGPT to reveal its data processing practices and implement age-gating measures among other legal requirements.

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