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ChatGPT Could Send Users to Malicious Sites: Report
The post ChatGPT Could Send Users to Malicious Sites: Report appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Because generative AI can sometimes hallucinate, conjuring inaccurate or false information, users are encouraged to check its references. As it turns out, that could also lead to trouble. ChatGPT could be providing users links to websites hosting malware, according to a Monday report by Futurism. The discovery came during a test of ChatGPT’s knowledge of current events. When asked about William Goines, a Bronze Star recipient and the first Black member of the Navy SEALs who recently passed away, Futurism reported that ChatGPT’s response included a link to a “scammy website.” Specifically, ChatGPT-4o suggested visiting a site named “County Local News,” for more information on Goines. The site, however, immediately generated fake pop-up alerts that, when clicked, would infect the user’s computer with malware. The same site, Futurism noted, was suggested for other topics. When Decrypt attempted the Goines test, using the prompt provided by Futurism, the response from ChatGPT did not include a link to a website. AI developers have invested heavily in combating hallucinations and malicious use of their chatbots, but providing links to other websites introduces additional risks. A linked website could have been a legitimate and safe site when AI companies crawled it, but later become infected or taken over by scammers. According to Jacob Kalvo, co-founder and CEO of internet data and privacy provider Live Proxies, outgoing links should be constantly checked. “Developers could ensure that appropriate filtering mechanisms are in place to prevent chatbots from giving out links to malicious websites,” Kalvo told Decrypt. “This can be supplemented by advanced natural language processing (NLP) algorithms that can train a chatbot to identify a URL against known patterns of malignant URLs. “Moreover, keeping a blacklist of the sites, continuously updated, and being on the watch for new threats cannot be forgotten,” Kalvo added. Kalvo also recommended…
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Because generative AI can sometimes hallucinate, conjuring inaccurate or false information, users are encouraged to check its references. As it turns out, that could also lead to trouble. ChatGPT could be providing users links to websites hosting malware, according to a Monday report by Futurism. The discovery came during a test of ChatGPT’s knowledge of current events. When asked about William Goines, a Bronze Star recipient and the first Black member of the Navy SEALs who recently passed away, Futurism reported that ChatGPT’s response included a link to a “scammy website.” Specifically, ChatGPT-4o suggested visiting a site named “County Local News,” for more information on Goines. The site, however, immediately generated fake pop-up alerts that, when clicked, would infect the user’s computer with malware. The same site, Futurism noted, was suggested for other topics. When Decrypt attempted the Goines test, using the prompt provided by Futurism, the response from ChatGPT did not include a link to a website. AI developers have invested heavily in combating hallucinations and malicious use of their chatbots, but providing links to other websites introduces additional risks. A linked website could have been a legitimate and safe site when AI companies crawled it, but later become infected or taken over by scammers. According to Jacob Kalvo, co-founder and CEO of internet data and privacy provider Live Proxies, outgoing links should be constantly checked. “Developers could ensure that appropriate filtering mechanisms are in place to prevent chatbots from giving out links to malicious websites,” Kalvo told Decrypt. “This can be supplemented by advanced natural language processing (NLP) algorithms that can train a chatbot to identify a URL against known patterns of malignant URLs. “Moreover, keeping a blacklist of the sites, continuously updated, and being on the watch for new threats cannot be forgotten,” Kalvo added. Kalvo also recommended…
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