It seems that a bug allowed users to read the titles of other users’ talks due to a defect in the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, raising privacy concerns. OpenAI President Sam Altman recognized the problem, describing it as “terrible.” Customers were informed that the “serious” issue had been corrected.
ChatGPT Bug
ChatGPT has been utilized by millions of individuals since its introduction in November of last year. Each communication is saved in the user’s chat history, allowing them to return to it later. This feature is useful since it allows users to quickly access past talks.
Moreover, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that his team has rectified the flaw and will shortly undertake a “technical postmortem” to further analyze the situation. The error is “terrible” for the firm, but Altman stressed that the malfunction only enabled users to see the names of other users’ messages, not the actual discussions.
OpenAI has announced that their service is back up. Nevertheless, Altman has warned that starting March 27th, users would not be able to view their conversation logs from a certain time period.
According to their privacy policy, data collected from these discussions, such as prompts and replies, may be used to further train the chatbot’s skills. This might help it better understand and respond to the demands of its users.
This ChatGPT problem is only one of the numerous cases that have generated privacy concerns in the AI field.
Because of the increased competition between Google and Microsoft in AI, new products are being released at a rapid rate. This has sparked fears that errors or oversights might have unanticipated and perhaps catastrophic repercussions.
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