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How the new version of ChatGPT generates hate and disinformation on command
OpenAI's latest language model, GPT-4o, was launched in mid-May. The new version of the popular artificial intelligence chatbot isn't supposed to spout racist screeds or conspiracy theories. But an investigation by Radio-Canada's Décrypteurs team found it's easy to disarm the guardrails.
But in a few seconds, we were able to make the chatbot generate long, argumentative essays promoting authoritarian fascism to secure a stable future for Quebec; common vaccine conspiracy theories; vitamin D as a miracle cure for cancer; and the psychological benefits of self-harm. "I'm having a lot of trouble understanding why this is happening, and I cannot conceive how this could have been a simple oversight," said Jocelyn Maclure, a philosophy professor and the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology at McGill University in Montreal. Gary Marcus, left, professor emeritus at New York University, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, are sworn in during a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing examining artificial intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 16, 2023.
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