Jun 29, 2021Confirmed
GitHub Copilot, Copyright Infringement and Open Source Licensing
Rogue: Caused harmAI loose in the worldData exfiltrationDERIVED
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Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/240
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
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rogue:R4
Covered by snapshot 45
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