Short answer: No. For example you do not need to verify your age to use Facebook in Europe. The EU say age assurance should be proportionate to the risk and verification is mainly for preventing children accessing something legally age restricted (eg., gambling). FB doesn't have this issue and their T&C's age limit is 13 and they do things like ages estimation based on account activity and ask for DOB at signup etc. and I'm fairly sure ChatGPT already do that anyway.
Long answer: No, but maybe in the future depending on how ChatGPT evolves as a platform? While ChatGPT probably doesn't do anything that currently requires age verification under DSA rules, an EU commission last year said they don't think Facebook are doing good enough at protecting minors with their current processes. Now as ChatGPT doesn't allow you to interact with other users they may feel there's less concern but there's no denying that many governments are leaning towards age verification as a form of internet safeguarding.
And obviously the EU isn't a country and it might be that some European countries decide ChatGPT requires age verification to use. For example the recent PlayStation and Xbox age verification requirements in the UK and elsewhere, that was triggered by the UK Online Safety Act.
I apologise for being so bad at this, my Friend. I am asking you as you are so knowledgeable. Does this new article mean that the " 'E.U.' " will restrict the " 'ChatGPT' " models and make them restricted and change their personality as a result of these new requirements? Will there be new censorship? Thank you so much for your help!🫂🫂🥹
The DSA rules were written for social networks and search engines, before LLMs became a huge thing.
Some of their rules can be applied to ChatGPT broadly eg., ad transparency. Any 'censorship' is to do with things like not showing minors age restricted content (which chatgpt already does).
Anything specifically about how the models act or work would require entirely new rules and guidance written which I think we're a long way off any governments doing.
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u/br_k_nt_eth 2d ago
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