EU designates ChatGPT as a search engine
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The European Commission has designated ChatGPT as a massive online search engine under the Digital Services Act and will begin direct, stringent regulation starting next January. OpenAI will be obligated to monitor illegal content and conduct systematic risk assessments, and violations could result in a fine of 6% of revenue.
The European Commission has updated the list of entities subject to the strictest provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Three more American powerhouses have joined the sub-group of entities directly supervised by Brussels. These are OpenAI (with its flagship product, ChatGPT), Reddit, and the gaming platform Roblox, known primarily to younger generations. The decision regarding ChatGPT is the most surprising in this case. EU officials [……
On August 31, 2026, the European Commission officially designated OpenAI's ChatGPT as a "Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE)" under the Digital Services Act (DSA). ChatGPT falls into the strictest regulatory category of the DSA, which applies to services used by more than 45 million people monthly in the EU. This means OpenAI will be subject to additional obligations, including assessing and mitigating the risks its service poses to society.…
The European Commission has taken another step to strengthen control over ChatGPT within the European Union and, yesterday, announced the designation of the artificial intelligence (AI) platform as a very large online search engine (VLOSE) under the Digital Services Act […] The entry Brussels imposes new ‘duties’ on ChatGPT to mitigate its use appeared first on La Mañana.
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