The EU Will Tighten Oversight of ChatGPT and Roblox, According to Bloomberg
OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot and the Roblox platform may soon be subject to stricter European Union requirements regarding content moderation and operational transparency. This is because they have exceeded the threshold of 45 million active users per month.
According to sources, the European Commission plans to designate OpenAI (ChatGPT) and Roblox as “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOPs) under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
It is expected that a decision on this matter could be made as early as August.
VLOP status imposes additional obligations on companies, including:
- stricter monitoring of illegal and harmful content;
- regular submission of transparency reports;
- developing and implementing risk mitigation plans;
- payment of an annual fee to the European Commission.
Major digital platforms, including Meta and X, already fall under the VLOP category.
In the event of a violation of the Digital Services Act (DSA), companies may face fines of up to 6% of their annual global revenue.
Since the DSA took effect in 2022, the European Commission has already launched more than a dozen investigations into large online platforms.
A spokesperson for the European Commission declined to comment on the matter. Meanwhile, OpenAI and Roblox have not yet responded to journalists’ inquiries regarding their potential new status.
The publication also notes that the DSA regulations have been repeatedly criticized by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, which has accused the European Union of “censoring American companies.”
This was reported by Bloomberg.
As a reminder, a public conflict has flared up again between xAI and SpaceX founder Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The latest verbal spat erupted after Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company of misappropriating trade secrets.
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company of illegally using its confidential developments. The corporation claims that former Apple employees may have passed on confidential materials to a competitor, which were then used to create a new artificial intelligence device.
