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Thread #174300   Message #4237179
Posted By: MaJoC the Filk
22-Mar-26 - 12:33 PM
Thread Name: Artificial Intelligence - what could go wrong?
Subject: RE: Artificial Intelligence - what could go wrong?
From Politico, via RISKS Digest:

Canada orders OpenAI safety review after grilling Sam Altman over security lapses

Following one of Canada's deadliest mass shootings, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was grilled by a senior government official Wednesday over why the company failed to alert police to the suspected shooter's seemingly violent ChatGPT messages and why it failed to stop the user from bypassing a ban. [...]

.... and from the Guardian (via RISKS):

Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud

A Tennessee grandmother says she is trying to rebuild her life after
an incident of mistaken identity by an artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system tied her to a North Dakota bank fraud investigation.

Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit the crimes. [...]

I've seen AI from both side now
From win and lose, and still somehow
It's AI's failures I recall
Why do they use AI .... at all?