The FTC Intervenes In The AI Safety Race Between OpenAI And Anthropic

With the threat of the impending extinction of humanity by AI superintelligence dominating the headlines, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided to become a referee in the race to AI safety. Earlier this week, FTC sent ChatGPT developer OpenAI a 20-page document, asking for records relating to AI “safety challenges” (first reported by The Washington Post). The FTC is especially interested in risks to personal reputations and personal information. What’s at issue is the propensity of Large Language Models such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 to “hallucinate,” i.e., to make up information...