Overview
- The European Commission on Monday formally designated OpenAI's ChatGPT as a “very large search engine” and Reddit and Roblox as “very large online platforms,” a status triggered by each service exceeding the DSA's 45 million monthly user threshold.
- The designation gives the Commission the power to inspect platform systems and coordinate enforcement with national regulators, with Ireland leading oversight for ChatGPT and Reddit and the Netherlands for Roblox.
- Each company has until the end of November to meet accelerated DSA obligations that require faster removal of illegal content, stronger protections for minors, annual risk analyses and access for regulators and researchers to relevant data.
- ChatGPT will face dual supervision because it already falls under the EU AI Act, raising compliance complexity for OpenAI as regulators assess how its model searches the web and handles user queries.
- The move builds on prior DSA enforcement that led to multi-million-euro fines for other large services, so failure to comply could trigger formal procedures and heavy sanctions while users may see tighter content controls and age safeguards.