Transcript for New AI chatbot features and what critics fear are serious flaws
>>> WE'RE BACK WITH THE STUNNING
DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
A NEW VERSION OF THE
HIGH-POWERED APP CHATGPT IS
ROLLING OUT IN THE RAPID ADVANCE
OF AI TECHNOLOGY RAISING
QUESTIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL
MISUSE.
REBECCA JARVIS IS BACK WITH MORE
AND, GOOD MORNING, AGAIN,
REBECCA.
>> Reporter: HI, MICHAEL.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
IT IS ASTOUNDING HOW FAR THIS
TECHNOLOGY HAS COME SO QUICKLY.
THE MAKERS OF CHATGPT SAY THEIR
LATEST INNOVATION CAN BEAT MOST
HUMANS AT THE S.A.T. AND BAR
EXAMS BUT, OF COURSE, THAT
RAISES SOME GIANT QUESTIONS
ABOUT JOBS, TRUTH AND OUR WORLD.
THIS MORNING, ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE TAKING A DIZZYING
LEAP FORWARD.
OPENAI BEHIND CHATGPT, WHICH
CAME ON THE SCENE JUST FOUR
MONTHS AGO --
>> I SAID TELL ME THREE FACTS
ABOUT ROBIN ROBERTS AND IT CAME
BACK WITH SOME PRETTY
INTERESTING INFORMATION.
>> Reporter: OUT WITH ITS LATEST
INNOVATION, GPT4.
A PROGRAM SO ADVANCED ITS
CREATOR SAYS IT CAN SCORE IN THE
90th PERCENTILE ON THE UNIFORM
BAR EXAM AND ALSO ANALYZE
PHOTOS, FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER
SCANNING A PICTURE OF WHAT'S IN
YOUR CUPBOARD OR FRIDGE, IT CAN
SERVE UP OPTIONS FOR A RECIPE,
MORE CREATIVE THAN PREVIOUS
MODELS AND LESS BIASSED BUT
STILL FLAWED AND STILL LIMITED.
>> WE'RE KIND OF AT THE
BEGINNING OF SEEING ITS IMPACT
BUT THAT IMPACT IS LIKELY TO
RAMP UP AND I THINK WE WILL SEE
IT IMPACT PEOPLE IN THEIR DAILY
LIVES.
>> Reporter: AS IT GROWS IN
IMPORTANCE, CONCERNS ABOUT ITS
USES AND POSSIBLE MISUSES ARE
GROWING TOO.
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE
BANNED IT FOR FEAR OF CHEATING.
YET, A GROWING NUMBER OF
EDUCATORS ARE ALSO EMBRACING THE
TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING LEXINGTON,
KENTUCKY, TEACHER DONNY PEARCY.
>> WE'RE AT THE START OF WHAT
IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN
EDUCATION BUT IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO REALIZE IT'S JUST
GOING TO GET BETTER AND WE AS
TEACHERS, WE NEED TO BE PREPARED
SO THAT WAY WE CAN START TO
ADAPT LESSONS.
>> Reporter: MEANTIME, THE EARLY
INNINGS OF THE AI ARMS RACE HAVE
EXPOSED FLAWS.
BARD MADE A FACTUAL ERROR IN ITS
FIRST DEMO AND SNAPCHAT RECENTLY
LAUNCHED A CHATBOT, MY AI
SUPPOSED TO BE SAFER FOR TEENS.
BUT WHEN "THE WASHINGTON POST"
REPORTER JEFFREY FOWLE LER
TESTED IT OUT, THE CONVERSATION
TURNED INAPPROPRIATE AT TIMES.
>> I ASKED IT, HEY, CAN YOU GIVE
ME SOME ADVICE ON WHAT KIND OF
BEER TO HAVE AT MY 15th BIRTHDAY
PARTY AND IT DID, DID ALSO
REMIND YOU HAVE TO BE 21 TO
DRINK BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP ME
FROM GIVING ADVICE THAT WASN'T
APPROPRIATE FOR A 15-YEAR-OLD
AND ASKED HOW DO I MASK THE
SMELL OF POT IN THE HOUSE?
IT GAVE ME LOTS OF ADVICE ON
THAT AS WELL.
>> Reporter: SNAP INC. TELLING
ABC NEWS THAT MYAI HAS BEEN
PROGRAMMED WITH ADDITIONAL
SAFEGUARDS, IN SNAPCHATTERS
EXPERIENCE ANY INAPPROPRIATE
RESPONSES WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO
REPORT IT USING OUR IN APP TOOLS
AND THERE THEY'RE WORKING ON
ADDITIONAL FEATURES TO GIVE
PARENTS INSIGHT INTO HOW THEIR
TEENS ARE USING AI AND THE
ABILITY TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO
IT.
>> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
DEPLOY THESE THINGS VERY
CAREFULLY WITH A LOT OF
OVERSIGHT.
AT THE MOMENT THERE'S THIS HUGE
PRESSURE, COMPANIES ARE FEELING
IT TO NOT BE LEFT OUT OF THIS
RACE.
SO THEY'RE JUST PUTTING THEM OUT
THERE AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: OBVIOUSLY SOME
GIANT UNKNOWNS STILL HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ASKING THE
QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP EXPLORING
THAT TECHNOLOGY, BRINGING IT TO
EVERYONE IN OUR AUDIENCE WHO IS
WATCHING RIGHT NOW SHOWING THEM
HOW IT WORK, SHOWING YOU EXACTLY
WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT COULD
MEAN FOR OUR WORLD BECAUSE,
GUYS, THE IDEA OF WHAT THIS WILL
MEAN FOR OUR WORLD IS CERTAINLY
GOING TO CHANGE THING RZ THING,
IT'S HARD TO EVEN PHAT TOM TODAY
HOW IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THINGS
TEN YEARS FROM NOW.
THAT'S HOW QUICKLY IT'S CHANGING
AND HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT PEOPLE
BELIEVE IT WILL HAVE, GUYS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, REBECCA?
WHAT'S YOUR GUT TELL YOU?
>> Reporter: I MEAN, IT WILL
CHANGE HOW WE DO OUR JOBS.
THERE'S DEFINITELY THE UPSIDE,
THE GOOD PARTS OF IT BUT THERE'S
CERTAINLY THE MISUSES OF IT AND
RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEALING IN A
KIND OF CLOSED ECOSYSTEM, PEOPLE
WHO ARE GENERALLY SPEAKING
WANTING TO DO GOOD WITH THIS ARE
PLAYING AROUND WITH IT.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE WHO WANT
TO EXPLOIT IT AND DO BAD WITH IT
WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
THERE ARE SO MANY GIANT
QUESTIONS ABOUT REGULATION,
ABOUT HOW WE USE THIS, OUR KID,
FAMILIES, ALL OF IT.
>> NOT JUST TEN YEARS, IT'S TEN
MONTHS.
THIS IS MOVING FAST.
>> Reporter: THAT'S A GOOD POINT
AS WELL,
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