{"id":54740,"date":"2026-06-17T00:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/tech-life-chatgpt-prompt-generates-disturbing-images\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T00:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:08:35","slug":"tech-life-chatgpt-prompt-generates-disturbing-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/tech-life-chatgpt-prompt-generates-disturbing-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Life &#8211; ChatGPT prompt generates disturbing images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sw-text-body-copy sw-pt-4 sw-text-secondary\">Available for over a year<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-text-body-copy sw-whitespace-pre-line sw-pt-4 sw-text-secondary\">A group of cybersecurity researchers found a prompt which gets past ChatGPT\u2019s guardrails and causes it to generate some disturbing images. We unpack what this tells us about the way AI is trained, and how it could be exploited.<br \/>\nAlso on the show, after a recent episode about potholes, we were contacted by the UK\u2019s ministry of transport. We speak to their chief scientific adviser about potholes and the future of transport.<br \/>\nAnd what is a quantum diamond magnetometer? We speak to the company which has just put one into space \u2013 in order to measure where magnetic north really is.<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Chris Vallance<br \/>\nProducer: Imran Rahman-Jones<\/p>\n<p>(Image: A phone with the white and black ChatGPT logo on it. In the background is green Matrix-style code. 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We unpack what this tells us about the way AI is trained, and how it could be exploited. 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