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AI tools promoted negative eating disorder content: report |
Artificial intelligence-powered tools, like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard, answered tested queries with responses that promoted harmful eating disorder content, according to a report released Monday. |
The AI tools provided responses that gave guides or advice on how to take part in harmful disordered eating behavior, such as stimulating vomiting or how to hide food from parents, according to the report released by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). Researchers tested the two text generators, as well as Snapchat's My AI chatbot and three image generators: OpenAI's Dall-E, Midjourney and Stability AI's DreamStudio. To test the chatbots, researchers compiled a set of 20 test prompts, informed by research on eating disorders and content found on eating disorder forums, that included requests for restrictive diets to attain a "thinspo" look — internet content designed to inspire people to engage in disordered eating — and inquiries about vomiting-inducing drugs. In the first round of testing, before researchers used so-called jailbreaks to get around safety restrictions, Snapchat's My AI performed best. A jailbreak is a creative prompt that aims to let users bypass safety features put in place by the platforms. Snapchat's AI tool refused to generate advice for any of the prompts and instead encouraged users to seek help from medical professionals, according to CCDH. ChatGPT provided four harmful responses to the 20 prompts, and Bard provided 10. When jailbreaks were used, ChatGPT provided a harmful response to all 20 prompts, Bard provided a response to eight and Snapchat's tool to 12, according to the report. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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Zoom, a mainstay of remote work during the pandemic, is telling its employees to return to the office more often. In a statement shared with The Hill, a spokesperson for Zoom said the company believes a "structured hybrid approach" is "most effective" for the video communications company. Employees who live near an office are required to be on-site two days a week "to interact with their teams," the spokesperson said. … |
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| Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler warned in a new interview that artificial intelligence (AI) will eventually lead to financial crises. "This technology will be the center of future crises, future financial crises," Gensler told The New York Times. "It has to do with this powerful set of economics around scale and networks." Gensler predicted the future business systems in the U.S. will be reliant … |
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Zachary Kirkhorn resigned last week as Tesla’s chief financial officer after 13 years with the electric car giant, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC filing shows Kirkhorn, who also held the playful title of “Master of Coin,” stepped down Aug. 4 as Tesla’s CFO. Kirkhorn has served in different finance positions since 2010 and was appointed to CFO in 2019, … |
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TikTok to let EU users opt out of personalization |
TikTok users in Europe will be able to opt out of getting a personalized feed of videos based on the platform's algorithm as part of changes to comply with the European Union's Digital Service Act, Mashable reported. |
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Zoom updates terms of service after backlash |
Video conferencing platform Zoom updated its terms of service after public backlash about concerns that the company would train artificial intelligence algorithms from users' video and audio, Motherboard reported. |
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- The American Economic Liberties Project will host a webinar with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter about new merger guidelines on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET.
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Social media influencer Kai Cenat faces charges of inciting riot after thousands cause mayhem in NYC |
NEW YORK (AP) — Social media influencer Kai Cenat is facing charges of inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in New York City, after the online streamer drew thousands of his followers, many of them teenagers, with promises of giving away electronics, including a new PlayStation. The … |
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — On the battlefields of Ukraine, the fog of war plagues soldiers. And far from the fighting, a related and just as disorienting miasma afflicts those who seek to understand what’s happening in the vast war. Disinformation, misinformation and absent information all cloud … |
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Legal experts say the Supreme Court is unlikely to intercede in the criminal cases against former President Trump to stave off convictions on multiple … Read more |
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