Most AI chatbots easily tricked into giving dangerous responses, study finds

Researchers say threat from ‘jailbroken’ chatbots trained to churn out illegal information is ‘tangible and concerning’Hacked AI-powered chatbots threaten to make dangerous knowledge readily available by churning out illicit information the programs absorb during training, researchers say.The warning comes amid a disturbing trend for chatbots that have been “jailbroken” to circumvent their built-in safety controls. The restrictions are supposed to prevent the programs from providing harmful, biased or inappropriate responses to users’ questions. Continue reading...

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