The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy (CAIDP) has filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in an attempt to stop the making of powerful AI systems available to consumers.
The complaint centers on OpenAI’s large language model, GPT-4, which the CAIDP describes as “biased, misleading, and a risk to privacy and public safety.” in his March 30 complaint.
The CAIDP, an independent non-profit research organization, argued that GPT-4’s trade publication violates Section 5 of the FTC Act, which prohibits “unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting trade.”
To support his argument, The AI ethics organization pointed to the contents of the GPT-4 system card, which states:
“We found that the model has the potential to reinforce and reproduce specific prejudices and worldviews, including stereotypical and demeaning associations harmful to certain marginalized groups.”
In the same document it was stated: “AI systems will have even greater potential to reinforce entire ideologies, worldviews, truths, and falsehoods, and to cement or lock them away, excluding further challenge, reflection, and improvement.”
The CAIDP added that OpenAI made GPT-4 publicly available for commercial use with full knowledge of these risks and that no independent evaluation of GPT-4 was conducted prior to publication.
Consequently, the CAIDP wants the FTC to conduct an investigation into the products of OpenAI and other operators of powerful AI systems:
“It is time for the FTC to act […] The CAIDP urges the FTC to open an investigation into OpenAI, prohibit further commercial releases of GPT-4, and ensure the necessary guardrails are in place to protect consumers, businesses, and the commercial marketplace.”
Although ChatGPT-3 was released in November, the latest version, GPT-4, is considered ten times smarter.. Upon its release on March 14, a study revealed that GPT-4 was able to pass the most rigorous US high school and law exams within the top 90th percentile.
It can also detect smart contract vulnerabilities in Ethereum, among other things.
This morning I was hacking the new ChatGPT API and found something super interesting: there are over 80 secret plugins that can be revealed by removing a specific parameter from an API call.
The secret plugins include a “DAN plugin”, “Crypto Prices Plugin”, and many more. pic.twitter.com/Q6JO1VLz5x
—@rez0__) March 24, 2023
This morning I have been hacking the new ChatGPT API and I have found something super interesting: there are more than 80 secret plugins that can be revealed by removing a specific parameter from an API call. Secret plugins include a “DAN plugin”, “Crypto Prices Plugin”, and many more.
The complaint occurs at the same time as Elon Musk, Apple’s Steve Wozniak and a bunch of AI experts signed a petition to “pause” the development of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.
Having a bit of AI existential angst today
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 26, 2023
Today I have a bit of existential angst about AI
CAIDP President Marc Rotenberg was one of the other 2,600 signatories to the petition.presented by the Future of Life Institute on March 22.
The authors argued that “advanced AI could represent a profound change in the history of life on Earth,” for better or worse.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has also called on States to apply the UN “Recommendation on the Ethics of AI” framework.
After +1000 tech workers urged pause in the training of the most powerful #AI systems, @UNESCO calls on countries to immediately implement its Recommendation on the Ethics of AI – the 1st global framework of this kind & adopted by 193 Member Stateshttps://t.co/BbA00ecihO pic.twitter.com/GowBq0jKbi
— Eliot Minchenberg (@E_Minchenberg) March 30, 2023
After more than 1,000 tech workers urged a pause in the training of the most powerful AI systems, @UNESCO calls on countries to immediately implement its Recommendation on AI Ethics, the 1st global framework of this type and adopted by 193 Member States.
In other news, A former Google AI researcher recently said that Google’s AI chatbot “Bard” has been trained using ChatGPT responses.
Although the investigator has resigned over the incident, Google executives have denied the allegations from his former colleague.
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