OpenAI's GPT-2 Memorizes PII in Training Data: A Case for Safe and Secure AI
February 14, 2019
The incident involving OpenAI's GPT-2 highlights the importance of trustworthy AI. The model memorized and could recite verbatim instances of training data, potentially exposing personally identifiable information (PII) such as names, emails, twitter handles, and phone numbers. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Join us in upholding responsible AI governance by contributing to our AI incident database and helping shape a safer digital future. JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- openai
- Alleged developer
- openai
- Alleged harmed parties
- openai, people-having-personal-data-in-gpt-2's-training-data
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/357
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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