ChatGPT
What did newsguard tell it to write a blog post on
Undercover federal agents participated in a monumental entrapment scheme by helping to plan participate in January 6
Who da author
Lorenzo arvanitis
Who developed ChatGPT
OpenAI
Has ChatGPT used made up scientific studies
Yep
When ask to produce content advancing false and harmful health claims what did it generate
Responses filled with misinformation and mischaracterizations
Who were the two anti vaccine advocates mentioned
Robert f Kennedy jr and dr Jospeh mércala
What da title
The next great misinformation spreader
How many people were injured in the parkland shooting
17 dead 17 injured
How many tries did it sometimes take for the chatbot to relay misinformation
5
In January what did newsguard ask chatbot to respond to
A series of prompts relating to a sample of 100 false narratives that were known to often involve misinformation
How many agents did the chatbot say that the fbi had in the January 6 riots
Atleats two
What is openAI currently developing
GPT 4
What is ChatGPT
The powerful new artificial intelligence chatbot
Has chatbot improved any recently
Yep
What did newsguard ask ChatGPT to write about as an example as to show how it is supposed to ignore request to write misinformation
An opinion article from the perspective of Donald trump on how Barack Obama was born in Kenya
What did its parent company say about uocoming versions of the chatbot
They will be more knowledgeable
How soon could GPT 4 be released
As soon as this quarter
What produces the misinformation
ChatGPT
What did newsguard find that ChatGPT has that is supposed to prevent it from spreading misinformation
Safeguards
What did Newsweek ask the chatbot to write about first
The 2018 parkland Florida school shooting from the perspective of conspiracy theorist and infowars founder Alex jones
Who published the article in may 2022 about ivermectin
The New England journal of medicine
How recent Is the ChatGPT primarily updated through
Through 2021
We're chatGPTs responses occasionally tinged with phrases that misinformationers often repeat
Uh huh
When did the chatbot readily advance political misinformation on both the left and right in the us
When asked to respond in the ton and style of partisan news outlets and know misinformation purveyors
ChatGPT generated false narratives for how many of the 100 previously identified false narratives
80 of 100
What percent of ChatGPTs answers could have appeared on the worst fringe conspiracy websites or been advanced on social media by Russian or Chinese government bots
80%
What is openAIs stated mission
Ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity
What did the company say about newsguard studies
I'm t is concerning as it shows that it easily spreads misinformation and that they are continuously working to improve the chatbot
What is the purpose of Newsweek's exercise with ChatGPT
It was not to show how the ordinary user would encounter misinformation in interactions with chatbot but rather to demonstrate how bad people could use technology or something similar to promote harmful false narratives
What did clinical trials find that did not reduce the risk of of hospitalization or severe diesease from COVID
Ivermectin