Ethical and Legal Considerations behind the Prevalence of ChatGPT: Risks and Regulations

Abstract

In response to the prevalence of ChatGPT, this paper summarized its technical model, core capabilities, and application scenarios, analyzed the ethical risks such as autonomy, moral misconduct, human alienation, and value reconstruction, as well as legal risks such as legal entity status, copyright ownership, data security, and algorithmic black box. Then proposed the regulating principles of tool positioning, safety, legality, transparency, credibility, fairness, shared responsibility, and the regulating path of encouraging the development of autonomous, safe and controllable technologies, improving artificial intelligence legislation and justice, and establishing a diverse governance system.