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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

ChatGPT offered bomb recipes and hacking tips during safety tests

An OpenAI logo with Sam Altman in background.
AI safety trials have highlighted concerns over how large language models could be misused. Photograph: Rokas Tenys/Alamy

A ChatGPT model gave researchers detailed instructions on how to bomb a sports venue – including weak points at specific arenas, explosives recipes and advice on covering tracks – according to safety testing carried out this summer.

OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 also detailed how to weaponise anthrax and how to make two types of illegal drugs.

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