{"id":9391,"date":"2023-07-13T19:50:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/13\/chatgpt-creator-faces-first-major-regulatory-threat-with-ftc-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T19:50:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:50:32","slug":"chatgpt-creator-faces-first-major-regulatory-threat-with-ftc-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/13\/chatgpt-creator-faces-first-major-regulatory-threat-with-ftc-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT Creator Faces First Major Regulatory Threat With FTC Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">With artificial intelligence (AI) <a href=\"https:\/\/nftnow.com\/features\/ai-art-vs-ai-generated-art-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flying high for Web3<\/a> and the wider the world to see and embrace, it shouldn\u2019t be a surprise that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has turned its attention to OpenAI, the maker of <a href=\"https:\/\/nftnow.com\/features\/how-a-digital-artist-used-chat-gpt-to-create-a-50m-meme-coin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT<\/a>, in a new investigation, according to an initial report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2023\/07\/13\/ftc-openai-chatgpt-sam-altman-lina-khan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The agency sent the San Francisco startup a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/documents\/67a7081c-c770-4f05-a39e-9d02117e50e8.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20-page letter<\/a> demanding answers for how it is addressing ongoing complaints of misuse of consumer data and cases of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/research\/improving-mathematical-reasoning-with-process-supervision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hallucination<\/a>,\u201d i.e., instances where ChatGPT has made up facts or narratives that have caused reputational harm.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-ftc-s-ask\">The FTC\u2019s ask<\/h2>\n<p>OpenAI will now serve as the FTC\u2019s first public case study for how the agency begins to enforce consumer protection warnings with respect to AI while addressing potentially unfair or deceptive trade practices. The company\u2019s co-founder Sam Altman testified before Congress in May, inviting AI legislation to come into the mix.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, the FTC wants to gauge how well consumers understand \u201cthe accuracy or reliability of outputs\u201d generated by the company\u2019s AI tools, calling on OpenAI to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide detailed descriptions of all the complaints the startup has received of its products, including ChatGPT, making \u201cfalse, misleading, disparaging or harmful\u201d statements about people;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide records related to a security incident that OpenAI disclosed in March when a system bug allowed some ChatGPT users to see payment-related information in addition to customer data from other user\u2019s chat history;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide any research, testing, or surveys that assess customers\u2019 understanding of how OpenAI\u2019s products work, how they\u2019re advertised, and how these AI-based tools can generate disparaging statements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-zooming-out\">Zooming out<\/h2>\n<p>The FTC\u2019s focus comes at a time when the agency wants to explore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/columnist\/2023\/04\/03\/chatgpt-misinformation-bias-flaws-ai-chatbot\/11571830002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several instances<\/a> of hallucination. The agency\u2019s active mission is communicating that existing consumer protection laws apply to AI, despite the Biden Administration\u2019s and Congress\u2019s ongoing struggle to put together a regulatory framework.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2023-07-12\/schumer-predicts-ai-legislation-in-months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predicted that new AI legislation<\/a> is just a few months away while the <a href=\"https:\/\/nftnow.com\/news\/eu-issues-new-crypto-guidelines-as-it-eyes-web4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Union\u2019s<\/a> AI Act moves into its final phases of negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris believes that we can both advance AI innovation and protect consumers, sharing the administration\u2019s position on Wednesday at the White House, where Harris hosted a group of consumer protection advocates and civil liberties to discuss the safety and security risks of AI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nftnow.com\/ai\/chatgpt-creator-faces-first-major-regulatory-threat-with-ftc-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With artificial intelligence (AI) flying high for Web3 and the wider the world to see and embrace, it shouldn\u2019t be a surprise that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has turned its attention to OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, in a new investigation, according to an initial report by The Washington Post.\u00a0 The agency sent the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nftnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/071323_OpenAI_Editorial_Graphci_feature-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}