The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating the OpenAI company to determine if your popular ChatGPT app harms consumers by generating false information and if your technology misuses user data.
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Microsoft-backed OpenAI was notified of the probe in a 20-page questionnaire, which asks the company to describe incidents in which users were falsely defamed and shares the company’s efforts to ensure that no become an event
The US regulator’s investigation was first reported by the daily the washington post.
OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT last November appeared to the world by showcasing the power of Large Language Models (or LLMs), a form of artificial intelligence (AI) known as “generative AI” that can produce human-like content in seconds.
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Amid the uproar over the technology’s capabilities, authorities received reports that these models could also generate offensive, false or simply bizarre content, sometimes called “hallucinations.”
Commerce Committee Chair Lina Khan addressed a congressional committee hearing on Wednesday and, while she did not specialize in the investigation, told lawmakers her agency was suspicious of ChatGPT’s largely libelous output.
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“We’ve heard of reports where people’s sensitive information appears in response to someone else’s question,” Khan said. “We’ve heard of slander, defamatory statements, totally untrue things that are coming out. That’s the kind of fraud and deception we’re concerned about,” he added.
We’ve heard about reports of people’s sensitive information appearing in response to someone else’s question.
The regulatory authority’s investigation focuses on how this aspect could harm users, according to the questionnaire, but also delve into OpenAI’s use of private data to build its world-leading model.
The company’s GPT-4 is the base technology behind ChatGPT, as well as dozens of other programs from companies that pay OpenAI a fee to access its model for their own uses.
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In a tweet, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman lamented that news of the research was leaked to the media, which “does not build trust.” He added that “of course” OpenAI will cooperate with the Federal Trade Commission, saying it is “very important to us that our technology is secure and consumer-friendly, and we are confident in complying with the law.”
An investigation by the Commerce Commission does not, however, imply other actions and that entity will be able to close the case if it is satisfied with the response of the examined company.
If the regulator perceives illegal or unsafe practices, it will require corrective action and possibly file a lawsuit. OpenAI and the Trade Commission did not respond to a request for comment.
AFP
