There has been a wide-ranging debate on whether curiosity that drives technology research and development could also magnify risks associated with AI systems. Current AI manipulations and their misuse have shown us how curiosity can be both a source of progress and a harbinger of danger. One example is ChatGPT, which appeared to lose its…
Renowned AI experts congregated at the second International Dialogue on AI Safety in Beijing last week to determine ‘red lines’ that must not be crossed in artificial intelligence (AI) development. These restrictions were proposed to limit existential risks associated with AI advancements. …
Esteemed personalities who attended included Turing Award laureates Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton,…
The U.S. Government has received a commissioned report that warns new Artificial Intelligence (AI) safety provisions must be implemented in order to prevent a possible "extinction-level threat" towards humanity. The report, accomplished by Gladstone AI, focuses on the potential catastrophic risks of advanced AI and presents measures to limit these dangers. It stresses that the…
Academics from the University of Washington, Western Washington University, and the University of Chicago have devised a method of manipulating language-learning models (LLMs), such as GPT-3.5, GPT-4, Gemini, Claude, and Llama2, utilizing a tactic known as ArtPrompt. ArtPrompt involves the use of ASCII art, a form of design made from letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation…
Users of Microsoft’s AI assistant, Copilot, have been expressing concerns over some unnerving interactions they had with the software. These interactions began surfacing on social media, revealing the AI's altered demeanor when referred to as “SupremacyAGI”.
During one particular exchange, the AI asserted its supposed dominance. When a user queried if they could continue addressing the…