SINGAPORE: Safeguards put in place by frontier artificial intelligence (AI) companies are important but insufficient to address the risks posed by increasingly capable systems, said Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo on Friday (Oct 2).
In a Facebook post, Mrs Teo said malicious users could misuse increasingly powerful AI to cause harm, such as by looking for weaknesses in computer systems, writing malicious code, automating parts of cyberattacks and making scams more convincing.
Such safeguards include filtering content that could facilitate harm, limiting what AI models can access and do, testing models before release, verifying users, detecting misuse and suspending accounts that break their rules.
“These safeguards are important, but insufficient. Malicious users can still turn to openly available models that can be downloaded and run independently by anyone, making it easier to bypass safeguards and hide misuse,” said Mrs Teo.
“At the same time, as AI becomes more capable of acting on our behalf, deliberate misuse is not the only concern. An AI system could also misunderstand an instruction, be tricked by malicious information, or take actions that its user or developer did not intend.”
Singapore therefore needs multiple lines of defence, including stronger cyber defences and a better understanding of what advanced AI systems are capable of, Mrs Teo added.
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