ChatGPT, Google Bard may pose data traceability risks

Even as generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms like ChatGPT and Google Bard have now come under the ambit of Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, the government might face issues in tracing the data breaches which might happen through these platforms, according to experts.

One of the concerns which may pose a challenge is the data traceability, which means identifying the source using which generative AI platforms take personal information of people to train their models and then share the information accordingly with other users based on the query. In instances like these, it also becomes difficult to fix any kind of responsibility on these platforms, unlike any other data fiduciary who can be easily held accountable in case of violation of data protection provisions.