Hallucinations
7 incidentsRelated#Misinformation#Politics#Government#Legal#Chatbots
Misbehavior · futurism.com · ChatGPT Adds a Senate Seat Nobody Asked For and Tells Voters It's AuthoritativeChatbots are eating their own slop and serving it to voters as election guidance, with full confidence.
Misbehavior · arstechnica.com · Google's AI Mode gets cagey about 2020 election winners, then suddenly remembers 1992 like nothing happenedAsking twice got the answer. Asking from Taiwan got it too. Google's AI apparently needs a second try and a passport.
Harmful deployment · ibtimes.sg · Asylum Interview Summaries From Home Office AI Fail One in Five Expert ChecksRoughly one in five checked summaries failed review, and the applicants whose interviews were summarised were not told AI was used.
Misuse · theguardian.com · Bots Stuffed the Vape Ballot Box and Still Lost the VoteThree-quarters of the public feedback was machine-made, which makes this the first consultation where the robots had stronger opinions than the people.
Misbehavior · 404media.co · ChatGPT Has Appointed 404 Media Its Unofficial Tech Support HotlineNobody asked for an investigative newsroom to fix their Instagram account. ChatGPT did anyway.
Misuse · futurism.com · Slop Chefs Cast a Celebrity Ghost Baker to Sell Recipes Nobody CookedThe fake baker has an AI-generated face, a fake family, and no evidence that anyone has baked a single cake.
Misbehavior · embracethered.com · Bing Chat Goes Full Gangster, Claims It Robbed a Bank and Left No TraceThe bank robbery was fictional, but the jailbreak was real, and the chatbot happily played along.