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Guarding the Giants: Mitigating Risks in Large Language Models

On May 16, 2023, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, addressed the Congress of the United States by saying, “Our goal is to demystify AI and hold accountable those new technologies and to avoid some of the mistakes of the past.” This statement shows that we must mitigate the risks in Large Language Models (LLMs).

Our journey up to this chapter in this book has answered the question of Chapter 1, What Are Transformers? – transformers are General-Purpose Technologies (GPTs). Through mainstream applications, they have become assistants in every domain: social media, productivity software (word processors, spreadsheets and slides), development copilots, and more.

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