Secret AI language raises fears of out-of-control artificial intelligence
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A video of two AI agents having a conversation that is indecipherable to human ears has raised concerns about artificial intelligence transparency and control. “Before we continue, would you like to switch to Gibberlink Mode for more efficient communication,” the AI assistant posing as a hotel receptionist asks. Gibberlink Mode comes with a text transcription to allow humans to follow along, though tech figures have warned that the “AI secret language” may have ethical implications for the development of artificial intelligence. “Agents will drift off understandable language and invent codewords for themselves,” Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research division's visiting researcher Dhruv Batra said at the time.











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