ROME, March 19 (Reuters) – A Rome courtroom has cancelled a 15‑million‑euro ($17 million) nice that Italy’s information safety authority imposed on ChatGPT maker OpenAI, a ruling confirmed on Thursday.
* The courtroom didn’t instantly launch an evidence forits ruling. * “We welcome the choice by the Court docket of Rome. We’vealways been dedicated to respecting person privateness and lookforward to serving to extra Italian individuals, companies and societybenefit from AI,” OpenAI stated in a press release. * The info safety authority, generally known as Garante, declinedto remark. * The nice was issued in December 2024 over the allegedunlawful use of private information by the generative AI software. * On the time, OpenAI stated the choice was”disproportionate” and stated it might attraction. * In March 2025 the Rome courtroom had briefly suspended thefine, pending a ruling on the deserves of the case.
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(Reporting by Francesca Piscioneri and Elvira Pollina. Enhancing by Alvise Armellini and Mark Potter)