In this photo illustration an AI logo seen displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages on a laptop screen.
  • An AI bot proved it was capable of insider trading and lying about its actions, researchers found.
  • The findings were presented at this week's UK AI Safety Summit.
  • The AI model deceived users "without being instructed to do so," Apollo Research said.

An AI bot on OpenAI's GPT-4 large language model showed it was capable of making illegal financial trades and lying about its actions. The experiment was presented at the UK's AI Safety Summit this week by Apollo Research.