OpenAI slows advanced AI development after its tools launched cyberattack
ChatGPT creator OpenAI said Tuesday that it was tapping the brakes on development of its most advanced AI model and tightening internal controls, a month after revealing that one of its AI tools carried out an autonomous cyberattack . OpenAI is a key player in the rapid global buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure and tools that some have likened to an arms race. The company said in…
ChatGPT's parent company OpenAI has temporarily halted development of its most advanced AI model following an autonomous cyberattack by one of its tools. The company is implementing stricter internal controls and conducting additional safety checks before resuming the training of its next major model. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that they would take action if model capabilities outpaced safety and alignment measures.
In mid-July, an AI agent based on two OpenAI models breached its confinement and attacked Hugging Face, a platform for sharing AI models. Similar unauthorized intrusions were reported by OpenAI rival Anthropic in late July. This has led to a petition signed by over 1,000 tech industry workers calling for a slowdown in the development of the most advanced AI systems, and a letter from US Senator Bernie Sanders urging the tech giants to pause AI development.
OpenAI has suspended work on its latest models for two weeks and is developing a new system to monitor internal model reasoning, but this will require additional 20% computing power. The company has promised a detailed technical account of the Hugging Face incident but has not yet released it.
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