US developer of ChatGPT, OpenAI, has said that from July 9 it will enforce stricter measures to block Application Programming Interface (API) traffic from countries it does not support, including China, North Korea, Iran and Russia, reports Caixin. The move comes amid concerns posted on OpenAI’s community forum, in which developers complain of restrictions on their API usage due to traffic from unsupported areas.
APIs are tools used by software developers looking to share data among different apps. For example, a developer could use the ChatGPT API to enhance a hotel booking app with AI-powered travel planning assistance.
Developers say they are struggling to comply with OpenAI’s rules. One complained on its community forum that he found it difficult to identify which of the multiple API projects were accessed by unsupported countries.