In other AI news, the US Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI over potential violations of consumer protection laws. The probe focuses on data security practices, personal privacy information, and how the company handles complaints about its chatbot making false or misleading statements. Meanwhile, a study from Stanford University revealed that generative AI "detectors" often misclassify writing by non-native English speakers as AI-generated, highlighting inherent biases.
Key takeaways:
- Comedian Sarah Silverman and authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Meta, alleging that their AI systems were trained on the authors' copyrighted works without permission.
- The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, probing whether the maker of the popular ChatGPT bot has violated consumer protection laws by putting personal reputations and data at risk.
- Stanford University researchers found that some of the most popular AI "detectors", which are built to spot text generated by AI, routinely misclassified writing by non-native English speakers as AI-generated, highlighting limitations and biases in these systems.
- Twitter owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced a new AI company called xAI, which aims to "understand the true nature of the universe". The company will work with Twitter, Tesla and other companies on its mission.