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Stanford Take Down Alpaca AI Due To Hallucinations

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According to reports, Stanford researchers have taken their AI, Alpaca, offline shortly after revealing a demo. 

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The clone of ChatGPT was removed due to concerns about safety and costs. 

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A spokesperson for Stanford's Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence institute explained that the primary goal of releasing the demo was to make their research more accessible.

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However, with the hosting costs and inadequate content filters, the institute decided to take down the demo after achieving its goal.

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Alpaca, the AI model developed to mimic its inspiration, might have copied its undesirable traits a little too far.

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One of these traits is the tendency to spout misinformation, which the AI industry calls "hallucination" - a misfiring of LLMs.

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