Comment by freitasm
2 days ago
"The task asked for information about a specific person who had published a blog post and the agent was provided with a set of biographical details and clues from the person’s public blog post."
Who initiated the task? An OpenAI researcher or a user?
Either way, this sort of thing is against the law in many countries. For instance, where I live you have to have a permit otherwise it is a pretty serious crime.
Why?
Because when you're research individuals you are crossing the line between 'just futzing around' and 'building up a file on a person without their consent'.
For instance, for NL:
https://www.justis.nl/producten/particuliere-beveiliging-en-...
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That's doxxing. The gathering part is illegal in some countries, usually with a ton of caveats like doing that with malicious intent. Illegal or not, it raises some questions.
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