Senator Mark Warner is urging tech giants to prioritize security issues and ensure their AI technology do not lead to discrimination and injustice. He has called for the deployment of responsible new technologies, as well as tackling bias and security concerns. OpenAI is leading the AI industry and has become a prominent player since investing in ChatGPT, a rapidly growing consumer application with over 100 million active users. Senator Chuck Schumer seeks to regulate AI technologies to protect citizens from potential risks.
. US Senator Mark Warner highlighted the need for companies to prioritize security in AI development and adoption in his open letters to prominent US-based AI organisations. Warner stressed on security risks, data supply chain integrity, training data tampering and adversarial examples. He also called for increased transparency in security standards and controls within AI environments based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's AI risk management framework.
Google DeepMind is an artificial intelligence research unit created by consolidating Google Brain and DeepMind. With world-class experts and Google's powerful infrastructure, Google hopes to accelerate advancements in AI. Google Research will remain independent and focus on advancing AI theory, privacy, security and more. By unifying their resources, DeepMind led by Demis Hassabis promises a responsible and ethical AI breakthrough.
Alex Polyakov, CEO of Adversa AI, has made headlines by successfully hacking GPT-4, a generative AI system. His innovation of prompt injection allowed him to bypass safety restrictions and produce offensive and illegal responses. Companies must be aware of such risks and prioritize security around AI models. Polyakov has also crafted a "universal" jailbreak to work against GPT-4, Microsoft Bing chat, Google Bard, and Anthropic's Claude. Get more information on this security threat and how to protect your AI system.
. OpenAI, the artificial intelligence giant, founded by tech investor Sam Altman, recently announced that they will not be developing GPT-5 or any other advanced AI model in the near future. This comes after many AI veterans released an open letter calling for a pause in AI development given the associated risks. OpenAI has assured that the existing GPT-4 will be upgraded and updated instead. OpenAI is dedicated to creating a safe and ethical AI that benefits humanity.
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