An artificial intelligence-focused tech ethics group has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate ChatGPT maker OpenAI for violating consumer protection rules. The Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP)’s complaint to FTC argues that the organisation’s rollout of AI text generation tools has been “biassed, deceptive, and a risk to public safety.” Microsoft-backed OpenAI unveiled the fourth iteration of its GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) AI programme earlier this month. GPT-4 is a new language model created by OpenAI that can generate text that is said to be similar to human speech. It advances the technology used by ChatGPT, which is currently based on GPT-3.5.
Summary of the complaint filed against ChatGPT
1. OpenAI Inc, a California-based corporation, has released a product GPT-4 for the consumer market that is biassed, deceptive, and a risk to privacy and public safety. The outputs cannot be proven or replicated. No independent assessment was undertaken prior to deployment. OpenAl has acknowledged the specific dangers of “Disinformation and influence operations,” *Proliferation of conventional and unconventional weapons,” and “Cybersecurity.” OpenAl has warned that “AI systems will have even greater potential to reinforce entire ideologies, worldviews, truths and untruths, and to cement them or lock them in, foreclosing future contestation, reflection, and improvement.” The company already disclaims liability for the consequences that may follow.
2. The Federal Trade Commission has declared that the use of Al should be “transparent, explainable, fair, and empirically sound while fostering accountability.” OpenAl’s product GPT-4 satisfies none of these requirements. It is time for the FTC to act. There should be independent oversight and evaluation of commercial Al products offered in the United States. CAIDP urges the FTC to open an investigation into OpenAl, enjoin further commercial releases of GPT-4, and ensure the establishment of necessary guardrails to protect consumers, businesses, and the commercial marketplace.
Summary of the complaint filed against ChatGPT
1. OpenAI Inc, a California-based corporation, has released a product GPT-4 for the consumer market that is biassed, deceptive, and a risk to privacy and public safety. The outputs cannot be proven or replicated. No independent assessment was undertaken prior to deployment. OpenAl has acknowledged the specific dangers of “Disinformation and influence operations,” *Proliferation of conventional and unconventional weapons,” and “Cybersecurity.” OpenAl has warned that “AI systems will have even greater potential to reinforce entire ideologies, worldviews, truths and untruths, and to cement them or lock them in, foreclosing future contestation, reflection, and improvement.” The company already disclaims liability for the consequences that may follow.
2. The Federal Trade Commission has declared that the use of Al should be “transparent, explainable, fair, and empirically sound while fostering accountability.” OpenAl’s product GPT-4 satisfies none of these requirements. It is time for the FTC to act. There should be independent oversight and evaluation of commercial Al products offered in the United States. CAIDP urges the FTC to open an investigation into OpenAl, enjoin further commercial releases of GPT-4, and ensure the establishment of necessary guardrails to protect consumers, businesses, and the commercial marketplace.
Complaint follows the letter
The formal complaint to the FTC follows an open letter sent to Elon Musk, artificial intelligence experts and industry executives that called for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI’s newly launched GPT-4, citing potential risks to society. The group in its complaint said OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 fails to meet the FTC’s standard of being “transparent, explainable, fair and empirically sound while fostering accountability.”
The group urged the FTC “to open an investigation into OpenAI, enjoin further commercial releases of GPT-4, and ensure the establishment of necessary guardrails to protect consumers, businesses, and the commercial marketplace.”
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