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COY WIRE: Hello, lovely people.
It's Friday, finally.
Happy that you're spending some time with me.
If you're hyped and you're liking this, rhyme with me.
We'll do it again on the 10.
That'd be fine by me.
Hey, now, let's go.
It's been an awesome week.
And we're going to finish this week strong.
We're starting today's show.
We're going to talk about the big news on the
artificial intelligence front.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is, in simple terms,
technology that enables machines to mimic human intelligence.
It includes a wide range of technology, though.
There are personal assistants like Siri
on smartphones or Alexa on devices in houses.
There are self-driving cars, food-serving robots, and lots
more.
AI technology is rapidly evolving.
And it has the potential to completely change society,
even more, as we know it.
A product launched this year called ChatGPT is grabbing
headlines because of its uncanny ability
to have intelligent conversations with humans,
answer questions in written form,
and mimic people nearly perfectly.
Experts are now voicing some serious concerns.
There's potential for AI to increasingly take more jobs
away from people, allow students to easily cheat in school,
and for people to use others' identities
to spread misinformation.
In some cases, AI technology is now
being created to combat the problems that were caused
by AI in the first place.
EDWARD TIEN: It's incredible innovation.
At the same time, it's like opening a Pandora's box.
VANESSA YURKEVICH: Which is why Edward Tian,
a 22-year-old Princeton student himself,
spent his winter break building GPTZero, which he says
can detect whether something is likely
written by a human or ChatGPT.
He says teachers use it to check their students' papers.
Is this like one AI cross-checking another AI?
EDWARD TIAN: In a sense, yeah.
VANESSA YURKEVICH: But can it spot misinformation?
EDWARD TIAN: Oh, OK, yeah.
So as opposed to misinformation, it's
more of like it can only spot if something is AI generated
or human generated.
COY WIRE: Major leaders in tech, like Elon Musk, professors,
and researchers, are so concerned
about the rapid development of artificial intelligence
that they're now calling for AI labs
to stop developing the technology completely
for at least six months.
They signed a letter, which is published
by the Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit backed by Musk.
The letter comes just two weeks after OpenAI
announced GPT4, and even more powerful
version of the ChatGPT technology.
This version was able to pass tests, create
websites, even draft lawsuits.
The tech leaders want experts to develop a set
of protocols, or rules, for AI.
And they said if they don't, the government
needs to step in and stop it.
CNN's correspondent Donie O'Sullivan met with a professor
at UC Berkeley's School of Information
and tried out an AI software that
mimics voices to see how powerful and dangerous
this technology could be.
NOREEN O'SULLIVAN: Hello?
AI-GENERATED DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Hi, Mom.
NOREEN O'SULLIVAN: Hi, honey. How are you?
AI-GENERATED DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Does my voice
sound different to you?
NOREEN O'SULLIVAN: Yeah, I just thought that [INAUDIBLE]
Donie's gone American.
AI-GENERATED DONIE O'SULLIVAN: This is not actually me.
This is a voice made by computer.
NOREEN O'SULLIVAN: Oh, my god!
Are you serious?
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Yeah, Mom, sorry.
There has been an explosion in fake audio and voices
being generated through artificial intelligence
technology.
AI-GENERATED WALTER WHITE: This is an AI-cloned version
of Walter White's voice.
AI-GENREATED LEONARDY DICAPRIO: This is an AI-cloned version
of Leonardo DiCaprio's voice.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: All you need is a couple
of minutes' recording of anyone's voice,
and you can make it seem like they have said
just about anything, even--
(IN AI GENERATED VOICE OF ANDERSON
COOPER) Anderson Cooper.
We've come here to UC Berkeley today
to talk to Hany Fareed, a digital forensic expert,
about just how easy it is to put words
into other people's mouths.
(IN REGULAR VOICE) It's a lot of fun.
HANY FAREED: Sure.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: But it's also really scary.
HANY FAREED: I think once you put aside that gee-whiz factor,
I don't think it takes a long time to look at the risks.
AI-GENERATED WOLF BLITZER: This is Wolf Blitzer.
Hany Farid, you are in "The Situation Room."
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: That's--
HANY FAREED: That's good.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Yeah, that sounds pretty good.
HANY FAREED: [INAUDIBLE]
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: By uploading just a few minutes of me
and some of my colleagues' voices to an AI audio service,
I was able to create some convincing fakes.
The technology did struggle with my Irish accent.
But we decided to put it to the ultimate test with my parents.
I am about to try call my mom back in Ireland
and see if I can trick her with this voice.
HANY FAREED: Yeah.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Think I'm going to be successful?
HANY FAREED: I'm nervous.
I'm like-- my hands are--
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: [LAUGHS] All right.
[PHONE RINGING]
NOREEN O'SULLIVAN: Hello?
AI-GENERATED DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Hi, Mom.
NOREEN O'SULLIVAN: Hi, Donie.
How are you?
AI-GENERATED DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Just finished
shooting our story here.
I'm going to the airport in a while.
NOREEN O'SULLIVAN: There seems to be
a delay in the phone, Donie.
AI-GENERATED DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Can I say a quick hello to Dad?
NOREEN O'SULLIVAN: Yep.
DONALD O'SULLIVAN: Hi, Donie.
AI-GENERATED DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Hi, Dad.
DONALD O'SULLIVAN: How are you doing?
AI-GENERATED DONIE O'SULLIVAN: How are you?
DONALD O'SULLIVAN: Good. Yourself?
AI-GENERATED DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Just finished
shooting our story here.
I'm going to the airport in a while.
DONALD O'SULLIVAN: Oh, are you?
Oh, you're going back--
you're going back to New York?
AI-GENERATED DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Are Kerry playing this weekend?
DONALD O'SULLIVAN: They're playing Tyrone Sunday.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: My dad went on to have a conversation
with the AI Donnie about how Kerry, our home football team,
had a game that weekend.
Eventually, I had to come clean.
Dad, I'll give you a call better later on.
Could you just put me back on to Mom for a second?
My parents knew something was off.
But ultimately, they still fell for it.
NOREEN O'SULLIVAN: Oh, yeah, some of it don't be bad.
but it was like--
it was like your voice was a little tone lower,
and it sounded very serious.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Yeah.
NOREEN O'SULLIVAN: Like you had something serious to say
because I went, oh, jeez.
My heart was hopping first.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Oh, I'm sorry.
DONALD O'SULLIVAN: I thought the voice was very funny.
Thought the voice was very funny, yeah, yeah.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: All right, Dad.
DONALD O'SULLIVAN: [INAUDIBLE] Donie.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: I'll call you later, dad.
DONALD O'SULLIVAN: OK, bye bye. DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Bye.
HANY FAREED: Is this not classic?
The mom is like, something's wrong with my son.
The dad's like, everything's fine.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Yeah. [LAUGHTER]
AI-GENERATED JOE BIDEN: I'd like to close out today's
ceremony with a question.
If you were given a choice, would
you choose to have unlimited bacon but no more video games?
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: With fake Biden and Trump recordings
going viral online, Fareed says this
could be something to be wary of going into the 2024 election.
HANY FAREED: When we enter this world where anything can be
fake, any image, any audio, any video, any piece of text,
nothing has to be real.
We have what's called the liar's dividend, which is anybody
can deny reality.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: With a flood of new AI tools
releasing online, he says companies developing
this powerful technology need to think of
its potential negative effects.
HANY FAREED: There is no online and offline world.
There's one world.
And it's fully integrated.
When things happen on the internet,
they have real implications for individuals,
for communities, for societies, for democracies.
And I don't think we as a field have fully come to grips
with our responsibility here.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: In the meantime,
I'll continue annoying my colleagues.
Hear this thing Anderson said.
AI-GENERATED ANDERSON COOPER: I've
been doing this a long time.
I have to say, Donie O'Sullivan is probably
the best in the business. DONIE O'SULLIVAN: Incredible.
HANY FAREED: It's really good.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN: It's very kind of him to say that.
HANY FAREED: It's really-- you know,
you should be honored, really.
COY WIRE: 10-second trivia.
The name of which of these prehistoric creatures
means "king of the tyrant lizards,"
Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Supersaurus, or Titanosaurus?
Look out.
It's a T-Rex!
In Greek, Tyrannosaurus means tyrant lizard,
and Rex means king in Latin.
Our "CNN 10" story getting a 10 out of 10?
Who wants a T-Rex?
This 38-foot-long skeleton of the tyrant lizard
is going up for auction next month in Switzerland.
It's the third T-Rex skeleton that's ever been found.
The bones were actually found in Montana and Wyoming.
If you want this 67-million-year-old T-Rex,
get ready to bust out some Tyrannosaurus checks.
Trinity, as its name, is expected to go
for between $5 and $9 million.
That's a lot of money.
And you are so money, baby.
I want to give a special shout out
now to Inglewood Middle School in Sammamish, Washington.
Rise up.
Think awesome thoughts this weekend, everyone.
Our thoughts influence the type of days we'll have.
Those days become the weeks and months, then
years that make up our lives.
So how will be living in five years
is determined, in part, by the types
of thoughts we have today.
Think well, everyone.
And remember, you are more powerful than you know.
I'm Coy Wire.
It's been a blessing to spend this week with you.
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