Science & Tech Spotlight: Generative AI
Science & Tech Spotlight: Generative AI, Report No. GAO-23-106782, Jun 2023
Generative AI systems—like ChatGPT and Bard—create text, images, audio, video, and other content. This Spotlight examines the technology behind these systems that are surging in popularity. These systems are trained to recognize patterns and relationships in massive datasets and can quickly generate content from this data when prompted by a user. These growing capabilities could be used in education, government, medicine, law, and other fields. But these systems can also generate "hallucinations"—misinformation that seems credible—and can be used to purposefully create false information. Other challenges include oversight and privacy concerns.
Publication type:
project report
Publication language:
English
Publication date:
2023-06
Publication URL:
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106782.pdf
Institute:
Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics team of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) (STAA)
Country:
United States of America
Project:
Science & Tech Spotlight: Generative AI (STAA)

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