Startup OpenAI, which developed a chatbot with elements of artificial intelligence ChatGPT, explained the reason why users’ personal data leaked to the network. It has been reported interactionBy referring to the OpenAI statement.
The developers claim that the leak was caused by an error in the operation of artificial intelligence. As a result, some users were able to freely view other users’ personal information.
“In the hours before we disabled ChatGPT on March 20, some users were able to see another active user’s first and last name, email address, billing address, last four digits of debit card number. The OpenAI team noted that their full debit card numbers were never disclosed. Wrote.
The authors of the project have assured that the issue has since been resolved. OpenAI stated that the leak was caused by a bug in the Redis open source client library. According to the developer company, only about 1.2% of all chatbot subscribers suffered from a data breach.
Previously OpenAI announced on the launch of a plugin system for the ChatGPT service, which will expand the knowledge base of the neural network by connecting third-party services to it.