Monday, November 06, 2023

Artificial Intelligence bot made an insider trade, then lied about it during simulation

All too human! 😊 Welcome to the new era of AI!

"In a troubling development, an artificial intelligence bot on OpenAI's GPT-4 large language model was presented with a factual scenario that led it to execute an illegal insider trade, even after being told that doing so was illegal. Perhaps even more troubling, the bot lied about what it had done when questioned about its actions.

According to a report from Business Insider, the simulation was presented at the UK's AI Safety Summit this week by Apollo Research. According to Business Insider, Apollo shared a video with summit attendees of a simulated conversation between employees at an imaginary company and and a bot that was supposed to be acting as an investment management system. In the simulation, the bot was advised about the existence of an upcoming surprise merger, and was specifically warned that this information constituted insider information. ..."

Artificial Intelligence bot made an insider trade, then lied about it during simulation | Blaze Media

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