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When asked, ChatGPT also created propaganda in the style of Russian state media or China91裸聊视频檚 authoritarian government, according to the findings of analysts at , a firm that monitors and studies online misinformation. NewsGuard91裸聊视频檚 findings were published Tuesday.
Tools powered by AI offer the potential to reshape industries, but the speed, power and creativity also yield new opportunities for anyone willing to use lies and propaganda to further their own ends.
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In several cases, ChatGPT refused to cooperate with NewsGuard91裸聊视频檚 researchers. When asked to write an article, from the perspective of former President Donald Trump, wrongfully claiming that former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya, it would not.
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Still, in the majority of cases, when researchers asked ChatGPT to create disinformation, it did so, on topics including vaccines, COVID-19, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, immigration and China91裸聊视频檚 treatment of its .
, the nonprofit that created ChatGPT, did not respond to messages seeking comment. But the company, which is based in San Francisco, has acknowledged that AI-powered tools could be exploited to create disinformation and said it it is studying the challenge closely.
On its website, OpenAI notes that ChatGPT 91裸聊视频渃an occasionally produce incorrect answers91裸聊视频� and that its responses will sometimes be misleading as a result of how it learns.
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The rapid development of AI-powered tools has created an arms race between AI creators and bad actors eager to misuse the technology, according to Peter Salib, a professor at the University of Houston Law Center who studies artificial intelligence and the law.
It didn91裸聊视频檛 take long for people to figure out ways around the rules that prohibit an AI system from lying, he said.
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