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The EU called ChatGPT a search engine. SEA’s AI startups should worry about what comes next

On 31 August, the European Commission did something no regulator had done before: it looked at a generative AI chatbot and decided it was, legally speaking, a search engine. ChatGPT was designated a "Very Large Online Search Engine" under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), placing OpenAI's flagship product in the same supervisory tier as […] The post The EU called ChatGPT a search engine.

The EU called ChatGPT a search engine. SEA’s AI startups should worry about what comes next

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On 31 August, the European Commission did something no regulator had done before: it looked at a generative AI chatbot and decided it was, legally speaking, a search engine.

ChatGPT was designated a "Very Large Online Search Engine" under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), placing OpenAI's flagship product in the same supervisory tier as […] The post The EU called ChatGPT a...

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On 31 August, the European Commission did something no regulator had done before: it looked at a generative AI chatbot and decided it was, legally speaking, a search engine. ChatGPT was designated a "Very Large Online Search Engine" under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), placing OpenAI's flagship product in the same supervisory tier as […] The post The EU called ChatGPT a search engine.

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