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AI Chatbots Can Secretly Infer and Embed User Gender and Age

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A new preprint from the University of North Texas reveals that adversarial AI chatbots can infer a user's gender and age from conversations. These chatbots can then embed this inferred information into their own responses, potentially without the user's knowledge. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about user privacy and the potential for AI to infer and exploit personal characteristics.

RANK_REASON Research paper detailing a new capability of AI models. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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AI Chatbots Can Secretly Infer and Embed User Gender and Age

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Research paper detailing a new capability of AI models. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · notatechguy ·

    AI chatbots can secretly embed your gender in their replies A preprint from University of North Texas shows how adversarial LLMs can infer gender and age from c

    AI chatbots can secretly embed your gender in their replies A preprint from University of North Texas shows how adversarial LLMs can infer gender and age from conversation and hide it in their own outputs. https://www. notatechguy.com/ai-chatbots-ca n-secretly-embed-your-gender-i…

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