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ChatGPT, Roblox may face EU big-platform rules

OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Roblox Corp. are likely to be designated as very large online platforms under the European Union’s Digital Services Act, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The designation would follow both platforms surpassing 45 million monthly users in the bloc.

Roblox, a US-based video game platform company, and ChatGPT would face the European Commission’s stricter regime for platforms above that threshold.

Under the Digital Services Act, those rules apply four months after the companies are notified of the decision.

For ChatGPT, the move would extend Digital Services Act oversight to an AI service that European Union regulators had already been assessing, particularly whether features such as search fall within the law’s scope.

The designation, which could come as soon as August, would require OpenAI and Roblox to file transparency reports, conduct annual systemic risk assessments, implement mitigation measures, undergo independent audits, and pay an annual supervisory fee.

Breaches can be fined up to 6% of global annual turnover.

Those duties cover illegal content and broader systemic risks, including harms to children.

The move also comes amid scrutiny of Roblox over child safety protections.

🔗 Source: Bloomberg

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