UK government workers have been warned not to input any classified information into AI chatbots such as ChatGPT,The paper was leaked a six-page document that contained a set of guidelines about how government officials should work with generative AI. It suggested that these programs could generate"biased" output, and misleading results to questions.
The Telegraph reported that the documents instructed workers to"never input information that is classified, sensitive or reveals the intent of the government into any of these tools," and cautioned that"personal data" that could reveal identifying information about people should never be put into generative AI tool, the paper reported, per the Telegraph.
The guidelines flagged that a lot of the output created by chatbots could look"credible" — but is susceptible to bias and misinformation, as it could use sources that government officials wouldn't otherwise trust, the paper reported— by asking themselves how the question will be used by the AI, how the tool can mislead and how it operates.