An NGO filed a complaint this Thursday, March 30 with the FTC, the American competition authority, against OpenAI, the startup that develops ChatGPT.
ChatGPT raises serious concerns. The technological ethics group (Center for AI and digital policy) filed a complaint this Thursday, March 30 with the FTC, the American competition authority. In its sights: ChatGPT, the conversational robot developed by the young American shoot OpenAI. “It’s time for the FTC to act,” said CAIPD.
The NGO calls for the opening of an investigation against the chatbot, as well as a “moratorium on the release of future versions of ChatGPT until safeguards have been put in place. We will simultaneously launch a petition to that the FTC is laying the groundwork for regulation to regulate the generative artificial intelligence industry”, explains the CAIPD in a letter.
“Dangerous stereotypes”
The plaintiff accuses OpenAI of having “unfair and deceptive practices, in violation of the FTC guidelines on artificial intelligence”, details the complaint.
In detail, the NGO criticizes OpenAI for having made the latest version of the conversational robot, called ChatGPT-4, accessible to the public, while acknowledging risks of bias, in particular “dangerous stereotypes and humiliating associations for certain minorities, marginalized groups”, continues the complaint.
Among the other grievances, “the failure to take reasonable measures to prevent certain cyber risks”, estimates the group, citing the Europol report released this week. The latter evokes the misuse of artificial intelligence, including misinformation and scams. “ChatGPT-4 enables cybercriminals to develop malware, such as ransomware,” the complaint states.
A lack of transparency
The NGO also regrets that the startup “did not reveal any details on the architecture, modeling, computing resources, training techniques or data sets” to create ChatGPT.
“Many artificial intelligence experts, as well as companies themselves, have called for regulation of the sector. Yet the United States is not making an effort to develop a regulatory policy, even while other countries around the world are establishing safeguards,” the CAIPD said in its letter.
And to continue: “The public needs more information to question the impact of artificial intelligence. Experts must be able to audit these models. Laws should compel transparency of algorithms and combat algorithmic bias.”
CAIPD calls for the creation of a national commission to assess the impact of artificial intelligence on American society.
This complaint comes the day after an open letter, signed by more than 1,100 people, calling for a 6-month moratorium on artificial intelligence. Among the signatories, industry pundits – like Elon Musk, the new boss of Twitter, or Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple – but also anonymous people.
