Congressman Dean Phillips' bot creator is suspended by OpenAI - The Washington Post

Congressman Dean Phillips' bot creator is suspended by OpenAI - The Washington Post

Congressman Dean Phillips' bot creator is suspended by OpenAI - The Washington Post

The creator of a bot that purportedly imitated Democratic presidential contender Congressman Dean Phillips has been blacklisted by Microsoft-backed OpenAI.

The Washington Post said on Saturday that this is the first instance of action taken by ChatGPIT's inventor against the exploitation of their AI technology in a political campaign.

As a first reaction to the improper use of its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in a political campaign, Microsoft-backed OpenAI has banned the creator of a bot that imitated Democratic presidential contender Congressman Dean Phillips. On Saturday, The Washington Post published a story.

An OpenAI representative told Reuters, "We recently removed a developer account which had been knowingly violating our software interface usage policies that allow campaigns for politicians or impersonating an individual without their consent." refuses to yield."

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Matt Krisiloff and Jed Somers founded Dean.bot, which is powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT. They also started We Deserve Better, a super PAC, on Tuesday to back Phillips ahead of the New Hampshire primary, according to the story. had gotten underway.

Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman has contributed $1 million to the PAC, referring to it as "the largest investment made in my life in a person running for office" in a post on the social networking site X.

To develop the bot, the super PAC partnered with AI startup Delphi. OpenAI noted that using its technology for political campaigns is prohibited by its regulations, which is why it terminated Delphi's account late on Friday. According to the allegation, Delphi deleted Dean.bot once the account was suspended.

A request for comment from We Deserve Better was not immediately answered, and Delphi was not immediately reachable.

Dean.According to the Post, a bot that included a warning stating that it was an artificial intelligence tool was able to communicate in real time with voters via a website, using a new technology that academics warned may have a major negative impact on the elections.