For a lot of us, AI-powered tools have quickly become a part of our everyday life, either as low-maintenance work helpers or vital assets used every day to help generate or moderate content. But are these tools safe enough to be used on a daily basis? According to a group of researchers, the answer is no.
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the Center for AI Safety set out to examine the existing vulnerabilities of AI Large Language Models (LLMs) like popular chatbot ChatGPT to automated attacks. The research paper they produced demonstrated that these popular bots can easily be manipulated into bypassing any existing filters and generating harmful content, misinformation, and hate speech.
