🤖 ChatGPT gets a time-out in Italy

In today's rundown:

• 🇮🇹 Italy banned ChatGPT: 20 days for compliance or face fines

• 🤖 ChatGPT can browse the internet: Unlocking secrets of viral tweets

• 🅾️ Opera prompting challenge: Win a MacBook 13"

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🇮🇹 Italy Banned ChatGPT

Italy's privacy regulator is giving ChatGPT a "time-out," raising concerns over data privacy and user protection. Here's the rundown:

• The regulator claims ChatGPT improperly collected and stored information.

• OpenAI disabled ChatGPT in Italy and intends to work closely with the regulator to sort things out.

• The Italian regulator is giving the company 20 days to demonstrate EU privacy rule compliance or risk fines.

The ban marks one of the first nationwide measures restricting ChatGPT usage and highlights growing concerns over AI technology and privacy.

On another Italian note: they're also on a mission to protect the Italian language. Italians can now face fines for using English or other foreign words in official communications, ranging up to a whopping €100,000!

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🤖 ChatGPT Can Browse The Internet

If you missed our previous edition, we dove deep into the new ChatGPT plugins, which may be the equivalent, if not greater, than the release of the App Store for the iPhone.

Plugins are gradually rolling out to ChatGPT Premium users, and we were lucky enough to be one of the early adopters in Alpha testing.

We got live access to the "Browsing" plugin, which enables ChatGPT to search the entire internet through the Bing API, rather than the original version that can only access information up to 2021. Here's what we can attest to so far: Google has some serious competition.

Using this, we analyzed the newly open-sourced Twitter algorithm to determine precisely how Tweets are ranked for maximum virality. Some of the results were highly surprising.

(Spoiler: Paying for Twitter blue matters)

🅾️ Opera Prompting Challenge

As covered live in our previous edition, we discussed Opera's brand-new AI browser.

Built on ChatGPT and Chatsonic, this browser adds a unique twist to regular prompting with its "AI Prompts" feature. Simply highlight any text on any webpage and get suggested prompts tailored to your needs.

Opera is seeking suggestions from users to expand their prompts, and they've created a giveaway for a chance to win a MacBook Pro 13". Just follow the instructions in this tweet.

(P.S. Opera is available to download here if you haven't done so yet)

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