ChatGPT is 'mildly' useful in making bioweapons: OpenAI study finds chatbot may increase accuracy and completeness of tasks for planning deadly attacks

Lawmakers and scientists have warned ChatGPT could help anyone develop deadly bioweapons that would wreck havoc on the world. While studies have suggested it is possible, new research from the chatbot's creator OpenAI claims GPT-4 - the lasted version -provides at most a mild uplift in biological threat creation accuracy. OpenAI conducted a study of 100 human participants who were separated into groups - one used the AI to craft a biotattack and the other just the internet. The study found that'GPT-4 may increase experts' ability to access information about biological threats, particularly for accuracy and completeness of tasks,' according to OpenAI's report. Results showed that the LLM group was able to obtain more information about bioweapons than the internet only group for ideation and acquisition, but more information is needed to accurately identify any potential risks.