Just days ago, generative artificial intelligence company OpenAI revealed how it will regulate the use of its ChatGPT and DALL-E artificial intelligence models during the current 2024 election period. One of the new policies is that OpenAI will not allow its tools and services to be used to create simulated versions of real election candidates.
Just days ago, generative artificial intelligence company OpenAI revealed how it will regulate the use of its ChatGPT and DALL-E artificial intelligence models during the current 2024 election period. One of the new policies is that OpenAI will not allow its tools and services to be used to create simulated versions of real election candidates.
This weekend, OpenAI enforced this particular policy, banning a developer from using ChatGPT to create a chatbot impersonating U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, Minnesota’s 3rd District. Phillips is the Democratic Party's declared U.S. presidential candidate, and he will compete fiercely with current President Joe Biden.
According to the Washington Post, "Dean.Bot" was created by development company Delphi. It was funded by WeDeserveBetter, a super PAC created to help support Phillips' campaign. Although the bot had a disclaimer stating that it was an artificial intelligence tool, it still violated OpenAI's rules prohibiting the creation of such chatbots.
On Thursday, the WeDeserveBetter super PAC asked Delphi to stop using ChatGPT to develop its "Dean.Bot" chatbot and instead use an open source-based artificial intelligence model. However, on Friday, Delphi shut down the chatbot entirely after ChatGPT suspended its developers. The report quoted a ChatGPT spokesperson:
"Anyone who builds with our tools must comply with our usage policies. We recently removed a developer account that knowingly violated our API usage policy, which prohibits political propaganda or impersonating others without consent."
The report also mentioned that Matt Krisiloff, one of the co-founders of the super PAC, was the chief of staff to OpenAI co-founder and current CEO Sam Altman. Krisiloff claimed Altman had no ties to the super PAC but admitted he had met with Rep. Phillips in the past.