Security News > 2023 > July > ChatGPT’s unknown potential keeps us guessing

An overwhelming number of respondents familiar with ChatGPT were concerned about the risks it poses to security and safety, according to Malwarebytes.

Machine learning models like ChatGPT are "Black boxes" with emergent properties that appear suddenly and unexpectedly as the amount of computing power used to create them increases.

"At Malwarebytes, Machine Learning and AI have been used for years to help improve efficiency, to identify malware and improve the overall performance of many technologies. However, public sentiment on ChatGPT is a different beast and the uncertainty around how ChatGPT will change our lives is compounded by the mysterious ways in which it works," added Stockley.

The survey findings indicate that ChatGPT has a trust issue.

Beyond concerns around trust and accuracy, a resounding 81% of respondents believed ChatGPT could be a possible safety or security risk with 52% of respondents calling for a pause on ChatGPT work for regulations to catch up - echoing similar tech luminary concerns voiced earlier this year.

Despite the avalanche of ChatGPT media coverage and online chatter, only 35% of respondents agreed with the statement "I am familiar with ChatGPT," significantly less than the 50% that disagreed.

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