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Conference on Computing, IT Concludes at University of Tabuk

The conference was organized by the University of Tabuk with the participation of a group of IT experts and specialists. SPA
The conference was organized by the University of Tabuk with the participation of a group of IT experts and specialists. SPA
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Conference on Computing, IT Concludes at University of Tabuk

The conference was organized by the University of Tabuk with the participation of a group of IT experts and specialists. SPA
The conference was organized by the University of Tabuk with the participation of a group of IT experts and specialists. SPA

The 2023 3rd International Conference on Computing and Information Technology (ICCIT) concluded in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

The conference was organized by the University of Tabuk with the participation of a group of experts and specialists in the field of computing and information technology (IT) from different countries around the world at the Millennium Hotel in Tabuk.

The two-day ICCIT aimed to provide an opportunity for researchers to exchange ideas and expertise, and interact with experts in the fields of computing, IT, and engineering.

During the ICCIT, a number of sessions and workshops were held on the future vision of artificial intelligence (AI), information security, emerging technologies, engineering, and information systems. These areas were selected according to the university's research directions, which are in line with the Saudi Vision 2030 to promote the knowledge economy.

The ICCIT witnessed the presentation of scientific research that exceeded 518 research papers from 33 countries, of which 122 were accepted.

The Deputy Dean of the University of Tabuk for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, Dr. Saad Al-Mutairi, honored the participants in the ICCIT and the first-place winners for research.

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Italy Fines OpenAI over ChatGPT Privacy Rules Breach

The Italian watchdog also ordered OpenAI to launch a six-month campaign on Italian media to raise public awareness about how ChatGPT works - Reuters
The Italian watchdog also ordered OpenAI to launch a six-month campaign on Italian media to raise public awareness about how ChatGPT works - Reuters
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Italy Fines OpenAI over ChatGPT Privacy Rules Breach

The Italian watchdog also ordered OpenAI to launch a six-month campaign on Italian media to raise public awareness about how ChatGPT works - Reuters
The Italian watchdog also ordered OpenAI to launch a six-month campaign on Italian media to raise public awareness about how ChatGPT works - Reuters

Italy's data protection agency said on Friday it fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI 15 million euros ($15.58 million) after closing an investigation into use of personal data by the generative artificial intelligence application.

The fine comes after the authority found OpenAI processed users' personal data to "train ChatGPT without having an adequate legal basis and violated the principle of transparency and the related information obligations towards users".

OpenAI said the decision was "disproportionate" and that the company will file an appeal against it.

The investigation, which started in 2023, also concluded that the US-based company did not have an adequate age verification system in place to prevent children under the age of 13 from being exposed to inappropriate AI-generated content, the authority said, Reuters reported.

The Italian watchdog also ordered OpenAI to launch a six-month campaign on Italian media to raise public awareness about how ChatGPT works, particularly as regards to data collection of users and non-users to train algorithms.

Italy's authority, known as Garante, is one of the European Union's most proactive regulators in assessing AI platform compliance with the bloc's data privacy regime.

Last year it briefly banned the use of ChatGPT in Italy over alleged breaches of EU privacy rules.

The service was reactivated after Microsoft-backed OpenAI addressed issues concerning, among other things, the right of users to refuse consent for the use of personal data to train the algorithms.

"They've since recognised our industry-leading approach to protecting privacy in AI, yet this fine is nearly twenty times the revenue we made in Italy during the relevant period," OpenAI said, adding the Garante's approach "undermines Italy's AI ambitions".

The regulator said the size of its 15-million-euro fine was calculated taking into account OpenAI's "cooperative stance", suggesting the fine could have been even bigger.

Under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduced in 2018, any company found to have broken rules faces fines of up to 20 million euros or 4% of its global turnover.