2.2 Million Domestic ChatGPT Users... Chairman Goh Hak-su "Currently Assessing the Situation"

It has been identified that the number of domestic users of OpenAI's AI chatbot 'ChatGPT' has reached 2.2 million.

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On the 14th, Ko Hak-soo, Chairperson of the Personal Information Protection Commission, stated at the 'Joint Briefing on the Digital Platform Government Implementation Plan' held at the Seoul Government Complex, "We have opened a communication channel with OpenAI," and explained, "There are quite a few Korean users of ChatGPT, and according to what we have learned, the number is about 2.2 million."

Chairperson Ko further explained, "We are currently investigating whether Korean data has been used in the training of the ChatGPT model, and if so, how it was utilized and included in the training data," adding, "We are internally discussing and organizing the areas of concern." He also said, "Based on this, we will make inquiries to obtain answers and determine whether our citizens' data is being properly protected, which will be the next step moving forward."

Earlier, OpenAI temporarily suspended ChatGPT on the 20th of last month due to an error where some users' program usage records were exposed to other users, but the service has since been restored. Since its launch in November last year, ChatGPT surpassed 100 million monthly active users (MAU) within two months.

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