Misinformation machines? Tech titans grappling with how to stop chatbot 'hallucinations'
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Major institutions, including leading tech companies, are not ready to face the onslaught of "hallucinations" — high-tech misinformation — being generated by artificial intelligence platforms.
"The short answer is no, corporation and institutions are not ready for the changes coming or challenges ahead," said AI expert Stephen Wu, chair of the American Bar Association Artificial Intelligence and Robotics National Institute, and a shareholder with Silicon Valley Law Group. Platforms have spit out erroneous answers to what seem to be simple questions of fact. "Corporation and institutions are not ready for the changes coming or challenges ahead." — AI expert Stephen Wu "The only way they are really going to look at this seriously is they are going to get sued for so much money it hurts enough to care." — Christopher Alexander Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
Often, hallucinations are honest mistakes made by technology that, despite promises, still possess flaws.
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