Category: OpenAI

LIVE 10 AM ET: Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on ‘Rules for Artificial Intelligence’

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law holds a hearing on “Oversight of A.I.: Rules for Artificial Intelligence” at 10 a.m. ET on May 16. Samuel Altman, CEO of OpenAI: Christina Montgomery, chief privacy and trust officer of IBM; and Gary Marcus, professor emeritus at New York University will testify. …


LIVE NOW: ChatGPT Chief Testifies Before Congress as Concerns Grow About Risks From AI

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law holds a hearing on “Oversight of A.I.: Rules for Artificial Intelligence” at 10 a.m. ET on May 16. Samuel Altman, CEO of OpenAI: Christina Montgomery, chief privacy and trust officer of IBM; and Gary Marcus, professor emeritus at New York University will testify. …


IN-DEPTH: Leaks, False Information, Misuse Lead Many to Reconsider AI

As research laboratory OpenAI drives artificial intelligence (AI) forward with ChatGPT, AI-related issues such as leaks and privacy concerns have surfaced, further driving unease over what the technology can do. Due to such concerns related to ChatGPT, the Italian Data Protection Authority officially suspended the use of the AI chatbot in Italy on March 31, making…


AI Could Cause ‘Civilizational Destruction,’ Musk Warns

Tech tycoon Elon Musk is sounding the alarm about the risks of artificial intelligence (AI)—specifically, its potential for “civilizational destruction.” In an April 14 preview of his interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Musk stresses that the ramifications of such technology could be disastrous for humanity. “AI is more dangerous than, say, mismanaged aircraft design…


Elon Musk in Interview With Tucker Carlson Warns AI Could Cause ‘Civilizational Destruction’

Tech tycoon Elon Musk is sounding the alarm about the risks of artificial intelligence (AI)—specifically, its potential for “civilizational destruction.” In an April 14 preview of his interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Musk stresses that the ramifications of such technology could be disastrous for humanity. “AI is more dangerous than, say, mismanaged aircraft design…


New AI Bot ‘ChaosGPT’ Aims to Destroy Humanity and Establish Global Dominance

A new artificial intelligence bot aims to destroy humanity and establish global dominance, according to a recent report. An experimental AI bot was tasked by its programmer with destroying humanity and gaining global dominance, but its eventual response unsettled observers, according to Fox News. ChaosGPT, which has surfaced on Twitter, is based on a modified version of…


ChatGPT Is a Precursor to ‘AI Singularity,’ Experts Fear

News Analysis The emergence of ChatGPT has transformed how people think about artificial intelligence (AI), offering a chat room experience unlike anything the world has ever seen. Within just two months of its unveiling, it has gained over 100 million users and 1 billion visits per month. The interactive AI chatbot has fueled AI’s widespread…


More Dangerous: Humans or AI?

Commentary I was on an Australian TV program last week when the host, a respected and long-serving figure of the conservative media, decided to allow ChatGPT (an AI text generator) to draft the next segment about itself. As he was reading the AI-generated script from the prompter, it sounded perfectly reasonable—albeit hollow and devoid of…


Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Launches Investigation Into Company Behind ChatGPT

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) says it has launched an investigation into OpenAI, the U.S.-based company that created the popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT. “AI technology and its effects on privacy is a priority for my Office,” Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in an April 4 release. “We need to keep up…


ChatGPT Users’ Private Data Exposed Due to Open-Source Bug

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI, was taken offline for emergency maintenance on March 20 due to a bug in an open-source library that triggered a data breach. At the time, many ChatGPT users reported that they could see titles from other active user’s chat history. Some also reported seeing in their own…