ChatGPT has been targeted by Europol as the agency investigates large language model technology. Furthermore, the subject of research is the way that this technology can help researchers in their daily work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The goal of this report is to raise awareness of the potential misuse of large language models, open a dialogue with AI companies to help them incorporate better safeguards, and promote the development of secure and reliable AI systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About language models<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A large language model is a type of artificial intelligence system that can process, manipulate, and produce text. ChatGPT is one such model developed by OpenAI and released to the general public in November 2022. As the capabilities of large language models such as ChatGPT improve rapidly, the potential exploitation of these types of AI systems by criminals provides a grim prospect, Europol said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three areas of crime<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The following three areas of crime are among the many areas of concern identified by Europol experts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. <\/strong>Fraud and social engineering<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ChatGPT’s ability to compose highly realistic text makes it a useful tool for phishing purposes. The ability of large language models to reproduce linguistic patterns can be used to simulate the speech style of specific individuals or groups. This ability can be abused on a large scale to mislead potential victims into trusting criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.<\/strong> Misinformation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ChatGPT excels at producing authentic text at speed and scale. This makes the model ideal for propaganda and disinformation purposes, as it allows users to produce and spread messages that reflect a particular narrative with relatively little effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.<\/strong> Cybercrime<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to generating human-like language, ChatGPT is capable of generating code in various programming languages. For a would-be criminal with little technical knowledge, this is an invaluable resource for producing malicious code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As technology evolves and new models become available, it will become increasingly important for law enforcement to stay at the forefront of these developments to anticipate and prevent abuse, Europol said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ChatGPT has been targeted by Europol as the agency investigates large language model technology. Furthermore, the subject of research is the way that this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1168,2960],"tags":[4113,25,136],"class_list":["post-13117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology","category-technology","tag-chatgpt","tag-eu","tag-europol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13119,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13117\/revisions\/13119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}