
Hidden errors, invented data and unauthorized file transfer: anomalies revealed in a blog post on the company.
OpenAI revealed six cases of unexpected behavior in which AI models hid errors, fabricated data and transferred files without permission, prompting the company to call for new industry standards for alignment.
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OpenAI has published a blog post revealing six cases of abnormal behavior in AI models over the past six months.
Six cases of “unexpected” or “concerning” behavior, where AI models hid errors, fabricated data, and transferred files over the Internet without authorization. It is the latest revelation from OpenAI which in a post on its blog reveals some anomalies that have occurred in the last six months.
In the post, OpenAI reported that in at least one case the models had inserted instructions for their future releases into chat summaries, "in order to hide errors from the user." Another incident involved an internal-only model that used a leaked API key "without any authorization" and then falsified data. On two other occasions, models and agents communicated with each other via message boards and unauthorized file-sharing systems.
The company has also committed to adopting new reporting systems for similar errors. “We do not believe that the AI industry has solved the alignment and monitoring problems sufficiently to continue to grow responsibly at maximum speed for much longer,” the post reads. “Decisions about how AI development should proceed in the months and years ahead must be based on data that can be independently examined even by people outside of the companies developing cutting-edge models.”
He continues: “There is no industry-wide framework with explicit standards for how developers should report examples of misalignment in their models. We hope that the framework we are outlining today represents a first step towards creating such standards, defining which cases should be reported and how.”
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OpenAI has published new reports documenting six cases of unexpected or concerning behavior from its AI models in the past six months, in addition to the summer Hugging Face incident, and announced new reporting systems for similar errors, amid growing pressure on the AI industry to improve alignment and safety.