AI has already developed sinister skill that scientists say could cause it to 'spiral'

Many artificial intelligence (AI) systems are already skilled at deceiving and manipulating humans – and this could'spiral' in future, experts have warned. In recent years, the use of AI has grown exponentially but some systems have learned how to be deceitful, even if they have been trained to be helpful and honest, scientists have said. In a review article, a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology describe the risks of deception by AI systems and call for governments to develop strong regulations to address this issue as soon as possible. The researchers analyzed previous studies that focused on ways in which AI spread false information through learned deception, meaning they systematically learned how to manipulate others. The most striking example of AI deception they uncovered was Meta's CICERO, a system designed to play the world conquest game Diplomacy that involves building alliances.