Researchers Launch Crowdsourced Platform FLARE-AI for Reporting Harmful AI Behaviors

Will Knight

3d ago· 4 min readenNews

Summary

A group of AI researchers has launched FLARE-AI (Flaw Reporting for AI), a crowdsourced website for reporting and tracking harmful AI behaviors such as chatbots generating malware, leaking personal information, or triggering delusional thinking in users. The platform uses open source code to allow verification of reported issues, providing a structured way to sound the alarm on AI malfunctions that previously had no formal reporting mechanism.

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A group of AI researchers has set up a crowdsourced website, Flaw Reporting for AI (FLARE-AI), for reporting and tracking AI harms.

If, for example, a chatbot generates malware or a bomb-making recipe, leaks personal information, or triggers delusional thinking in users, FLARE-AI could be used to sound the alarm.

The open source code behind the system allows others to verify an issue

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Are you worried your AI chatbot is trying to build a bomb or leak personal information about you? There’s a website for that.

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