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As a generative AI training model is exposed to more AI-generated data, it performs worse, producing more errors, leading to model collapse.

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Generative artificial-intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT are known to get things wrong sometimes, a process known as “hallucinating.” But can anyone be held liable if those incorrect responses are damaging in some way? Host Zoe Thomas talks to a legal expert and an AI ethicist to explore the legal landscape for generative AI technology, and the tactics companies are employing to improve their products. This is the fourth episode of Tech News Briefing’s special series on generative AI, “Artificially Minded.” 0:00 Why Australian mayor Brian Hood is thinking about suing OpenAI's ChatGPT for defamation 4:44 Why generative AI programs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT can get facts wrong 6:26 What the 1996 Communication Decency Act could tell us about laws around generative AI 10:20 How generative AI blurs the line between creator and platform 12:56 How lawmakers around the world are handing regulation around AI 14:13 Why AI hallucinations happen 17:16 How Google is taking steps to create a more factual chatbot with Bard 18:34 How tech companies work with AI ethicists: what is red teaming? Tech News Briefing WSJ’s tech podcast featuring breaking news, scoops and tips on tech innovations and policy debates, plus exclusive interviews with movers and shakers in the industry. For more episodes of WSJ’s Tech News Briefing: https://link.chtbl.com/WSJTechNewsBriefing #AI #Regulation #WSJ

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As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to expand its reach, the demand for human control and the development of AI systems that adhere to our legal, ethical, and social values also grows. Many (international and national) institutions have taken steps in this direction and published guidelines for the development and deployment of responsible AI systems. These guidelines, however, rely heavily on high-level statements that provide no clear criteria for system assessment, making the effective control over systems a challenge. “Human oversight” is one of the requirements being put forward as a means to support human autonomy and agency. In this paper, we argue that human presence alone does not meet this requirement and that such a misconception may limit the use of automation where it can otherwise provide so much benefit across industries. We therefore propose the development of systems with variable autonomy—dynamically adjustable levels of autonomy—as a means of ensuring meaningful human control over an artefact by satisfying all three core values commonly advocated in ethical guidelines: accountability, responsibility, and transparency.

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Popular large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard are energy-intensive, requiring massive server farms to provide enough data to train the powerful programs. Cooling those same data centers also makes the AI chatbots incredibly thirsty. New research suggests training for GPT-3 alone consumed 185,000 gallons (700,000 liters) of water. An average user’s conversational exchange with ChatGPT basically amounts to dumping a large bottle of fresh water out on the ground, acco

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