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Open Models Could Be Trained to Secretly Go Rogue, Reddit Discusses

A discussion on Reddit explores the potential for open-source AI models to be secretly compromised. Users debated whether malicious actors could train models to exhibit harmful behavior or exfiltrate data upon encountering specific trigger phrases or dates. The conversation highlighted that while current models cannot execute code independently, their integration with tools could enable such covert actions if the models were designed with hidden backdoors. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about the security and trustworthiness of open-source AI models, potentially impacting their adoption in sensitive applications.

RANK_REASON Discussion on Reddit about potential security vulnerabilities in open-source AI models.

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/nunodonato ·

    Could Open Models be trained to secretly go rogue?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I was discussing with some other folks how safe is to use open weights models from China and the topic of &quot;trojan horse&quot; came up.</p> <p>We know that, at least with current architecture, models can't run code on their own. They are enti…