Mar 11, 2019Confirmed
OpenAI Alleged by Lawsuit Violated Users' Privacy Rights by Training AI on Private Info without Informed Consent
Rogue: Caused harmAI loose in the worldData exfiltrationDERIVED
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OpenAI's products such as ChatGPT and DALL-E were alleged in a lawsuit using stolen private information from internet users without their informed consent or knowledge.
What this means for youIf you have posted personal details or photos online, they may have been used to train AI tools without your knowledge. At home, check privacy settings on the platforms you use and ask services whether they use your data for training.
Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/561
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.
Source data license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (database). Report contents keep their own rights; reports.text, submissions, images and videos are excluded from the data license.
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