Another government stepped in, and Canada launched an investigation into OpenAI ChatGPT

Beijing, May 26 (Xinhua) Canadian privacy regulator announced on Thursday that it is conducting a joint investigation into the data collection and use of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, becoming the latest major government to pay close attention to the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

Federal privacy regulators and privacy regulators in Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta will investigate whether OpenAI has obtained consent for the collection, use and disclosure of residents' personal information, the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's office said on Thursday.

Canada will also investigate whether OpenAI complies with its "obligations with regard to openness, transparency, access, accuracy and accountability". "as this is an active investigation, there are no more details to disclose." The office of the Canadian Privacy Commissioner said, adding that the findings would be released to the public.

Meanwhile, OpenAI said on Thursday that it would allocate 10 equal grants of $100000 each (currently about 708000 yuan) from a $1 million fund to determine how to manage AI software to address prejudices and other problems.

OpenAI will offer a $1 million reward for AI regulatory advice, according to OpenAI's announcement of the fund's blog post, a total of $1 million will be awarded to those who propose a persuasive framework to answer questions such as whether the AI should criticize public figures and how it should view the "intermediary individual" in the world.