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The EU has regulated ChatGPT as a search engine. Calling it a platform would have handed OpenAI a liability shield.

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The European Commission designated ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act, exposing OpenAI to fines of up to 6% of global revenue but covering only the parts of the tool that retrieve rather than converse. The article’s argument is that the alternative label, Very…

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  1. 2026-09-04 18:05 · The Next Web
    The EU has regulated ChatGPT as a search engine. Calling it a platform would have handed OpenAI a liability shield.

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