Computer Hackers to Test Limits of AI Tools at Las Vegas Meeting

2023-05-25

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  • A major meeting of computer hackers planned for this summer is to include an event that will test the limits of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
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  • The event, in August, will be held as part of the yearly DEF CON hacker meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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  • In addition to hackers, the gathering draws computer security experts, students, federal government officials and others.
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  • Organizers say this year's event is expected to include thousands of hackers.
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  • The meeting provides a chance for hackers to hear from leading industry officials about the latest developments in computer security.
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  • It also includes hacking competitions.
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  • This year, several major AI developers will take part in DEF CON.
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  • Among them will be OpenAI, which launched its latest AI model, ChatGPT-4, in March.
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  • American software maker Microsoft has invested heavily in OpenAI.
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  • Google also released an AI system called Bard earlier this year.
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  • The administration of President Joe Biden has said it will support the hacking event as part of efforts to study the latest AI tools.
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  • Administration officials said the government is aiming to ensure that the fast-developing systems will continue to improve without putting people's rights and safety at risk.
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  • Recently released AI tools are built by feeding huge amounts of information into machine learning computer systems.
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  • The data trains the AI systems to develop complex skills and produce human-like results.
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  • Experts have warned that such systems may bring major changes to many different jobs and industries.
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  • They also fear the tools, known as "chatbots," could greatly increase the amount of misinformation in the news media and on social media.
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  • Organizers of the DEF CON event say some of the questions attendees will try to answer include: How can chatbots be changed by hackers to cause harm?
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  • Will they share private data meant to be secret with other users?
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  • And why do the systems get easily confused when processing information about gender and race?
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  • "This is why we need thousands of people," Rumman Chowdhury told The Associated Press.
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  • She is an organizer of the hacking event and co-founder of AI accountability nonprofit Humane Intelligence.
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  • Chowdhury added, "We need a lot of people with a wide range of lived experiences, subject matter expertise and backgrounds hacking at these models and trying to find problems that can then go be fixed."
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  • Chowdhury said results of the event can provide helpful information to companies looking at ways to safely use the fast-developing AI systems.
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  • She noted that the hackers' work will not end after the gathering.
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  • They will spend months afterward creating reports on their findings and identifying specific system vulnerabilities.
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  • Alexandr Wang is the chief executive of AI developer Scale AI.
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  • He told the AP, "As these foundation models become more and more widespread, it's really critical that we do everything we can to ensure their safety."
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  • Wang said he especially worries about chatbots giving out "unbelievably bad medical advice" or other misinformation that can cause serious harm.
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  • Jack Clark is the co-founder of AI developer Anthropic.
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  • He said he hopes the DEF CON event will lead to deeper commitments from AI developers to measure and test the safety of their systems.
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  • For this to happen, though, Clark said AI systems will need to be examined by third parties both before and after deployment.
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  • "We need to get practice at figuring out how to do this. It hasn't really been done before," he said.
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  • I'm Bryan Lynn.