Golden Finance reported that the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) announced on December 20 that it had fined ChatGPT manufacturer OpenAI 15 million euros (approximately US$15.58 million) after concluding an investigation into the use of personal data by generative artificial intelligence applications. fine. Garante said it found that OpenAI processed users' personal data to train ChatGPT without sufficient legal basis, violating the principle of transparency and relevant information obligations to users.