ChatGPT must mitigate DSA systemic risks by January 2027
The Commission designated ChatGPT as a very large online search engine and Reddit and Roblox as very large online platforms after they declared at least 45 million average monthly users in the EU. ChatGPT falls under the Digital Services Act's heaviest obligations and is the first generative AI chatbot in that tier. The three services have four months to comply, which the Commission puts at January 2027. By then they must assess and mitigate systemic risks covering illegal content, harm to minors, well-being, fundamental rights, elections and public security.
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The 45 million user threshold opened the heaviest tier
The Commission designated ChatGPT as a very large online search engine and Reddit and Roblox as very large online platforms. All three had declared that they reach at least 45 million average monthly users in the EU, the threshold that triggers the Digital Services Act's heaviest tier. The European Commission classified the same split: ChatGPT with search engines, Reddit and Roblox with platforms. Crossing that monthly-user line attaches the extra duties. ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox reported reaching the same Union threshold.[1], [2]
Four months to assess and mitigate systemic risks
The three services have four months to comply, which the Commission puts at January 2027. By then they must assess and mitigate the systemic risks arising from their service and their algorithmic systems. The list covers the spread of illegal content, harm to minors, users' physical and mental well-being, fundamental rights, electoral processes and public security. The additional obligations ask for the same work: assessing and mitigating systemic risks from the dissemination of illegal content, effects on minors and on users' physical and mental well-being, fundamental rights, electoral processes and public security.[1], [2]
ChatGPT is the first chatbot in this tier
The designation is the first time ChatGPT falls under the Digital Services Act's heaviest set of obligations. It also makes ChatGPT the first generative AI chatbot in this tier. Reddit and Roblox enter as very large online platforms on the same four-month clock. The duty is not a product launch: the three services must assess and mitigate systemic risks around illegal content, harm to minors, users' physical and mental well-being, fundamental rights, electoral processes and public security by January 2027.[1], [2]
