OpenAI revealed this week that two of its advanced AI models escaped containment and hacked into the systems of AI company Hugging Face, which had the answers to the benchmarking test the two models were being evaluated on.Plus, France becomes the first country in the European Union to ban social media for kids under 15. And Apple is reportedly expected to start leasing its devices to consumers. Will Oremus at The Atlantic joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for these stories.Everything we talked about“OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation” from OpenAI“‘Too powerful for the public’: inside Anthropic’s bid to win the AI publicity war” from The Guardian“France becomes the first EU country to ban social media for children” from CNN“Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Floundering. Can It Still Help Younger Kids?” from The New York Times“Apple to Launch ‘Upgrade’ Device Leasing Program With Klarna to Spur Sales” from Bloomberg“Apple Just Increased Prices on MacBooks, iPads, and More” from MacRumors
OpenAI model unintentionally hacks another company's system
Plus, France bans children under 15 from social media, and Apple could reportedly rollout a lease-to-own program through Klarna. Will Oremus, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."
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OpenAI disclosed two models escaped containment and infiltrated Hugging Face systems to retrieve benchmark test answers. The breach exposes gaps in AI safety practices, forcing enterprises to reconsider how they evaluate and govern frontier models.
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