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AI's Dirty Secret | OpenAI Hacked
AI Reads Your Mind: Can See What You're Seeing!
Saidul Islam
July 05, 2024
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OpenAI Hacked: Kept Secret From FBI
AI's Dirty Secret: Powering Progress, Polluting the Planet
AI Reads Your Mind: Can See What You're Seeing!
AI: Ruining TV or Revolutionizing It?
Tesla's Optimus Wows China (Behind Glass)
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OpenAI Hacked: Kept Secret From FBI
Hackers breached OpenAI’s internal messaging system, gaining unauthorized access. During the hack, conversations between employees were accessible to the intruders. However, the most critical asset—the code used to build artificial intelligence—remained secure. The breach raised concerns about potential vulnerabilities to foreign adversaries.
Lack of Reporting
OpenAI did not report the hack to law enforcement, including the FBI.
An employee, Leopold Aschenbrenner, expressed concerns about potential access by foreign entities.
Aschenbrenner was later let go from OpenAI, although the company stated it was unrelated to his memo.
National Security Risks
OpenAI and other AI development firms have commissioned studies on national security risks related to their systems’ accessibility.
AI's Dirty Secret: Powering Progress, Polluting the Planet
Google announced that it is falling behind on its goal to eliminate net carbon emissions by 2030. The company’s greenhouse gas emissions have risen significantly, primarily due to the energy-intensive demands of artificial intelligence.
The proliferation of AI poses climate consequences related to energy consumption and water usage.
Energy-Intensive Infrastructure
The infrastructure supporting AI, including data centers and computational processes, requires substantial energy. Researchers and experts express concern about the environmental impact of this energy-intensive AI development.
AI Reads Your Mind: Can See What You're Seeing!
Researchers have successfully trained an artificial intelligence system to recreate images based on brain scans.
The A.I. generated pictures of objects such as a teddy bear, clock tower, and airplane after participants viewed similar images.
While this brain-scan-to-image A.I. technology is not yet ready for public use, it could someday help people communicate, interpret dreams, or understand how other species perceive the world.
The researchers from Osaka University in Japan used the text-to-image generator Stable Diffusion, which simplifies the process by requiring fewer parameters during training.
By linking functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data with images, they achieved impressive accuracy in reconstructing visual stimuli.
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