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Italy's data protection authority has told OpenAI that its artificial intelligence chatbot application ChatGPT breaches data protection rules, the watchdog said on Monday as it presses ahead with an investigation started last year. The authority, known as Garante, is one of the European Union's most proactive in assessing AI platform compliance with the bloc's data privacy regime. Last year it banned ChatGPT over alleged breaches of EU privacy rules. The service was subsequently reactivated after OpenAI addressed issues concerning, among other things, the right of users to decline to consent to its use of personal data to train its algorithms. At the time, the regulator said it would continue its investigations. It has since concluded that there are elements indicating one or more potential data privacy violations, it said in a statement without providing further detail. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Garante on Mon...

Playstation is permanent ly suspending accounts due to violations of the PlayStation Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. On Monday, various social media platforms were flooded with complaints about the suspension of PlayStation accounts without any notice. In a blog posted on its website, Sony informed users that the accounts are being temporarily or permanent ly suspended based on types of Code of Conduct breaches . Once the account gets suspended, the user will see an error code when attempting to sign in. The company will also send an email stating the reason for suspension. Read More China issues safety guidelines for autonomous public transport vehicles In case of a temporary suspension, the date of recovery will be mentioned in the email. The suspensions are final with no appeals, except for account debt suspensions which are lifted upon balance payment. Permanent suspensions may be appealed under certain conditions. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/playstation-...

Millions of people around the world are continuing to use passwords such as “12345” and “password” despite the increasing risk of data breaches and cyberattacks. Research conducted by an investigative team from Cybernews has found that of more than 15 billion publicly leaked passwords it analysed, only 2 billion were considered unique. The password “123456” was the most commonly used password, with “123456789”, “qwerty”, “password” and “12345” all featuring in the top five. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> Almost ten million people used the year 2010 in their password , followed by 1987 and 1991. “The spike in 2010 usage in passwords could indicate parents whose child was born in that specific year or other special occasions,” Cybernews said. It also said a steady increase in the usage of years from 1940 to 1990 could directly relate to when the password creators were born. Alex was found to be the most popular name, with over 7 million people featuring it...