OpenAI warned that its latest artificial intelligence model might raise the risk of bioterror.
ChatGPT Agent is capable of completing complex multi-step tasks, such as planning a holiday, with OpenAI calling it comparable to humans on many projects. But in a system report, OpenAI said it was treating the more scientifically knowledgeable model as “High capability in the Biological and Chemical domain,” because it could potentially “meaningfully help a novice to create severe biological harm” such as designing a virus or other biological weapons.
AI “may present a serious biorisk if safeguards aren’t applied,” Transformer noted, and humanity is “relying on the good graces of AI companies” to avoid it; OpenAI is taking precautions.