{"slug": "chatgpt-now-faces-stricter-eu-oversight-as-a-very-large-search-engine", "title": "ChatGPT now faces stricter EU oversight as a very large search engine", "summary": "The European Commission has classified OpenAI's ChatGPT as a very large search engine under the Digital Services Act, a first for the AI chatbot, which has at least 45 million monthly EU users. By the end of 2026, OpenAI must deliver risk assessments, transparency reports, and an ad archive, though legal experts dispute whether the Commission can demand access to training data.", "body_md": "The EU Commission is classifying ChatGPT as a very large search engine under the Digital Services Act for the first time, with at least 45 million monthly EU users. By the end of 2026, OpenAI has to deliver risk assessments, transparency reports, and an ad archive, among other things. Whether the Commission can also demand access to training data is disputed among legal experts.\n\nThe article [ChatGPT now faces stricter EU oversight as a very large search engine](https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-now-faces-stricter-eu-oversight-as-a-very-large-search-engine/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-now-faces-stricter-eu-oversight-as-a-very-large-search-engine", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-now-faces-stricter-eu-oversight-as-a-very-large-search-engine/", "published_at": "2026-08-31 14:31:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-31 14:55:21.366841+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-products"], "entities": ["European Commission", "OpenAI", "ChatGPT"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-now-faces-stricter-eu-oversight-as-a-very-large-search-engine", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-now-faces-stricter-eu-oversight-as-a-very-large-search-engine.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-now-faces-stricter-eu-oversight-as-a-very-large-search-engine.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-now-faces-stricter-eu-oversight-as-a-very-large-search-engine.jsonld"}}