Four Chinese cybercriminals were taken into custody after using ChatGPT to create ransomware.
The lawsuit is the first of its sort in China, where OpenAI's popular chatbot is not legally available, and Beijing has been tightening down on foreign AI. On Thursday, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said that the attack was first reported by an unnamed company in Hangzhou, the capital of the province of eastern Zhejiang, whose systems had been blocked by ransomware.
For access to be restored, the hackers wanted 20,000 Tether, a cryptocurrency stablecoin correlated one-to-one with the US dollar.
The report did not specify if the use of ChatGPT was included in the charges.
Due to Beijing's efforts to restrict access to foreign generative artificial intelligence technologies, it operates in a legal gray area in China.
Chinese users became interested in ChatGPT and related products after OpenAI launched its chatbot at the end of 2022.
In sanctioned markets like North Korea and Iran, as well as in China and Hong Kong, OpenAI has blocked internet protocol addresses.
Using virtual private networks and a phone number from a supported region, some users circumvent restrictions.
This year, the US Federal Trade Commission released a warning regarding scammers using artificial intelligence clone voices to deceive consumers into real people.
This may be done with just a brief audio sample of a person's voice.
This week, the New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, the company's primary investor, claiming that the firms' potent models were improperly trained on millions of articles.
The case is expected to be keenly monitored for its potential legal ramifications.
Recently, concerns about cybersecurity and intellectual property have increased due to generative AI, prompting policymakers to consider how to respond.
This Cyber News was published on gbhackers.com. Publication date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 12:43:04 +0000