Security researchers at IBM say they were able to successfully “hypnotize” prominent large language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT into leaking confidential financial information, generating malicious code, encouraging users to pay ransoms, and even advising drivers to plow through red lights. The researchers were able…
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By now, just about everyone has seen the digital art and prose of generative AI models like Midjounrey and ChatGPT.
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Waste is sort of the thesis statement of modern economics, and big tech is no different. Google recently published its 2023 Environmental Report which sheds some light on its water consumption—and a more aggressive foray into artificial intelligence could make it worse.
The AI gold rush is showing no signs of slowing down. As ChatGPT continues to enamor the world with its strings of relatively coherent text, Apple is looking for its piece of the pie by developing its own artificial intelligence engine.
The mega-craze of hype surrounding OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI chatbots has led to what we at Gizmodo will call The Bacon Effect.
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