{"id":265375,"date":"2024-11-26T23:50:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T23:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/changing-a-single-number-among-billions-can-destroy-an-ai-model\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:20","slug":"changing-a-single-number-among-billions-can-destroy-an-ai-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/changing-a-single-number-among-billions-can-destroy-an-ai-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing a single number among billions can destroy an AI model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Abstract illustration of artificial intelligence\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/26111800\/SEI_230435943.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2457878\" data-caption=\"The output of AIs is controlled by the interactions of huge networks of nodes or weights\" data-credit=\"shulz\/Getty Images\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">The output of AIs is controlled by the interactions of huge networks of nodes or weights<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">shulz\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>An artificial intelligence model can be made to spout gibberish if a single one of the many billions of numbers that compose it is altered.<\/p>\n<p>Large language models (LLMs) like the one behind OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT contain billions of parameters or weights, which are the numerical values used to represent each \u201cneuron\u201d of their neural network. 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