United States: a complaint filed against ChatGPT with the competition authority

ChatGPT raises serious concerns. The technology ethics group (Center for AI and Digital Policy) filed a complaint this Thursday, March 30, with the FTC, the US competition authority. In the crosshairs: ChatGPT, the conversational robot developed by the young American filmmaker OpenAI. “It is time for the FTC to act,” CAIPD said.

The NGO calls for the opening of an investigation against the chatbot, as well as a “moratorium on the launch of future versions of ChatGPT until safeguards are established. Simultaneously, we will launch a petition so that the FTC is laying the groundwork for regulations to regulate the industry of generative artificial intelligence,” the CAIPD said in a letter.

“Dangerous Stereotypes”

The plaintiff accuses OpenAI of engaging in “unfair and deceptive practices, in violation of FTC guidelines on artificial intelligence,” the complaint details.

In detail, the NGO criticizes OpenAI for having made the latest version of the chatbot, called ChatGPT-4, accessible to the public, while acknowledging the risks of bias, in particular “dangerous stereotypes and humiliating associations for certain minorities, marginalized groups.” . the complaint continues.

Among other complaints, “the failure to adopt reasonable measures to prevent certain cyber risks,” estimates the group, citing the Europol report published this week. The latter evokes the misuse of artificial intelligence, including misinformation and scams. “ChatGPT-4 allows cybercriminals to develop malware, such as ransomware,” the complaint states.

Lack of transparency

The NGO also regrets that the startup “has not revealed any details about the architecture, modeling, computing resources, training techniques or data sets” to create ChatGPT.

And to continue: “The public needs more information to question the impact of artificial intelligence. Experts must be able to audit these models. Laws must mandate transparency of algorithms and combat algorithmic bias.”

CAIPD calls for the creation of a national commission to assess the impact of artificial intelligence on American society.

This complaint comes the day after an open letter, signed by more than 1,100 people, calling for a 6-month moratorium on artificial intelligence. Among the signatories, industry experts, such as Elon Musk, the new head of Twitter, or Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, but also anonymous people.