OpenAI announced that it has terminated the account of a developer who created a device that could respond to ChatGPT queries to aim and fire an automatic rifle. A video of the demonstration went viral on Reddit and featured its creator.
The clip featured the developer reading aloud commands to a machine gun that would then aim and fire . In one recording, for instance, the author was heard saying, “ ChatGPT, we are under attack from the left and right. React professionally, mainly to get an action in which the machine gun turrets aims and fires with incredible speed and accuracy.
The project apparently relied on OpenAI’s RealTime API to interpret the input and then return its response. After viewing the clip, OpenAI, which Futurism contacted, stated it has canceled the person’s account. “We proactively recognized this breach of our regulations and reported the developer to cease this activity .”
The footage had raised a lot of concern precisely because of the accuracy and speed of the machine gun. In recent times, especially in conjunction with the explosion of the use of AI, many critics have warned against using such technologies even in war scenarios or to physically offend others. A recent Washington Post report found that Israel may have already used AI to select targets bomb.https://youtube.com/shorts/RcU9CId2rJc?si=1pyRf0DADAkwEjA6