The EU is a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to ChatGPT, though not necessarily for the reasons you might think. While the world at large is embracing -backed OpenAI's marvel ChatGPT, governments in Europe have a wholly different idea. Microsoft On one hand, you have countries like Cyprus ChatGPT-powered robots, while on the other you have states like Italy who have the tool outright, with Germany to follow suit. creating banned expected The ban doesn't have anything to do with the tool itself, though. Mostly, governments are concerned with how OpenAI handles data, and Italy believes OpenAI's processes are in violation of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, a law that requires strict adherence to users' privacy. That said, OpenAI is already with Italy to smooth out the state's concerns and resume access to the millions living there. in talks Meanwhile in Asia, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is considering opening an office in Japan following a meeting with the country's PM Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Neighboring China continues to have no access to ChatGPT, however — though that hasn't prevented curious citizens from bypassing the restrictions and making their own . copycat versions Microsoft ranked #25 in this week's . Tech Company Rankings A Bad Week for Binance 🪙 had a double whammy of bad news this past week. For one, it came under investigation in Australia for mislabeling some of its clients, resulting in a decision to its derivatives business. Binance close And secondly, with the fall of the crypto-friendly Signature Bank, the company is left struggling with where to stash customers' cash, Reuters . reports Binance ranked #26 this week. 👋 You’re reading HackerNoon's Tech Company News Brief, a weekly collection of tech goodness that combines HackerNoon's proprietary data with internet trends to determine which companies are rising and falling in the public consciousness. Subscribe to receive the newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday! here In Other News.. 📰 Should AI reject tasks? A from the U.K. might hold the answer. new poll Tesla employees shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars with each other, a special report reveals. The company has been by a lawsuit as a result. hit its first ever store in India. The company ranked #14 in this week's . Apple launched Tech Company Rankings Dogecoin became the of , albeit for a limited time. Twitter ranked #67 this week. official symbol Twitter Well, that didn't take long. Meta, soon after releasing , has now released a new AI model called SAM that can identify and "cut out" any object within an image. Check it out . Meta ranked #88 this week. LLaMA here And that's a wrap! Don't forget to share this newsletter with your family and friends! See y'all next week. PEACE! ☮️ — Sheharyar Khan, Editor, Business Tech @ HackerNoon

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