Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said that ChatGPT has become a tool in a campaign to discredit its head, Changpeng Zhao (CZ). Writes about it Fortune.
In recent weeks, they have received many inquiries about Zhao’s involvement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the platform said.
This included a flurry of emails from US congressmen’s offices alluding to an alleged conversation with ChatGPT. The chatbot claimed that CZ developed the social media platform for China National Petroleum Corp.
The exchange’s chief strategy officer, Patrick Hillman, said that Binance unsuccessfully tried to reenact the conversation with ChatGPT, asking directly about Zhao and the CCP’s ties. However, by formulating a specific question about the state oil corporation, they were able to find fake claims.
When they asked for sources, ChatGPT turned up Zhao’s fake LinkedIn page and a link to a 2018 Forbes article.
The publication was unavailable and displayed a “not found” error. The page’s URL suggests that former journalist Pamela Ambler wrote it.
It is not known if the magazine ever published the story in question, or if it existed at all. Forbes and Ambler have not commented on the authenticity of the page.
Binance has denied Zhao’s ties to the CCP for a long time. The company called “ridiculous” claims by ChatGPT that CZ allegedly worked for the state oil company. According to them, he was supposed to be in high school at the time.
“It is especially sad to see a few people in power spreading this type of disinformation where it could be debunked with even the most basic level of fact-checking,” Hillman said.
Recall that in April, Binance launched a chatbot based on ChatGPT as part of an online academy.
That same month, Hillman accused Sam Bankman-Freed of spreading false or racist rumors about Zhao prior to FTX’s collapse.
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said that ChatGPT has become a tool in a campaign to discredit its head, Changpeng Zhao (CZ). Writes about it Fortune.
In recent weeks, they have received many inquiries about Zhao’s involvement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the platform said.
This included a flurry of emails from US congressmen’s offices alluding to an alleged conversation with ChatGPT. The chatbot claimed that CZ developed the social media platform for China National Petroleum Corp.
The exchange’s chief strategy officer, Patrick Hillman, said that Binance unsuccessfully tried to reenact the conversation with ChatGPT, asking directly about Zhao and the CCP’s ties. However, by formulating a specific question about the state oil corporation, they were able to find fake claims.
When they asked for sources, ChatGPT turned up Zhao’s fake LinkedIn page and a link to a 2018 Forbes article.
The publication was unavailable and displayed a “not found” error. The page’s URL suggests that former journalist Pamela Ambler wrote it.
It is not known if the magazine ever published the story in question, or if it existed at all. Forbes and Ambler have not commented on the authenticity of the page.
Binance has denied Zhao’s ties to the CCP for a long time. The company called “ridiculous” claims by ChatGPT that CZ allegedly worked for the state oil company. According to them, he was supposed to be in high school at the time.
“It is especially sad to see a few people in power spreading this type of disinformation where it could be debunked with even the most basic level of fact-checking,” Hillman said.
Recall that in April, Binance launched a chatbot based on ChatGPT as part of an online academy.
That same month, Hillman accused Sam Bankman-Freed of spreading false or racist rumors about Zhao prior to FTX’s collapse.
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