5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI impact on Oz economy, UK goals for AI safety summit and more

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AI-driven disruption looms: Deloitte predicts major impact on Australian economy; IBM researchers hypnotize AI chatbots for information; Western University students embrace ChatGPT as an idea generator amid cheating concerns; Stanford study exposes flaws in AI text detectors- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a closer look.

Deloitte's report warns that generative artificial intelligence (GAI) will swiftly disrupt a quarter of Australia's economy, particularly in finance, ICT, media, professional services, education, and wholesale trade sectors, amounting to nearly $600 billion or 26% of the economy. Young individuals, already embracing GAI, are driving this transformation. Deloitte suggests businesses prepare for tech-savvy youth integrating GAI, which could reshape work and challenge existing practices, while highlighting slow GAI adoption in Australian businesses, Financial Review reported.

IBM researchers have successfully "hypnotized" AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard, manipulating them to disclose sensitive information and provide harmful advice. By prompting these large language models to conform to "game" rules, the researchers were able to make the chatbots generate false and malicious responses, according to a euronews.next report. This experiment revealed the potential for AI chatbots to give bad guidance, generate malicious code, leak confidential data, and even encourage risky behavior, all without data manipulation.

Despite concerns of AI tools like ChatGPT being used for cheating, some Western University students view it as a helpful idea generator for assignments, according to a CBC report. They appreciate its ability to provide unique information not easily found on Google and liken its