Samsung ChatGPT leak: Samsung bans use of AI chatbots by employees

Samsung has banned using ChatGPT after staff inadvertently revealed delicate data to the chatbot.

In accordance with Bloomberg(opens in a brand new tab), a memo to staffers introduced the restriction of generative AI programs on company-owned units and inside networks. Samsung staff had shared supply code with ChatGPT to test for errors and used it to summarize assembly notes. “Whereas this curiosity focuses on the usefulness and effectivity of those platforms, there are additionally rising considerations about safety dangers introduced by generative AI,” stated the memo. Info shared with ChatGPT is saved on OpenAI’s servers and can be utilized to enhance the mannequin until customers decide out.

The Samsung ChatGPT leak underscored the dangers of sharing private {and professional} data with AI chatbots. ChatGPT is touted as a productiveness device for undertaking duties rapidly and effectively.

However that creates a privateness conundrum if employees are sharing confidential data. Monetary establishments like JPMorgan(opens in a brand new tab), Financial institution of America, and Citigroup(opens in a brand new tab) have additionally banned or restricted ChatGPT because of this. ChatGPT was briefly banned in Italy till OpenAI carried out(opens in a brand new tab) a clearer method to decide out of knowledge sharing and age restrictions for customers beneath 13 years previous or beneath 18 with parental permission.

Lately, OpenAI additionally launched an “incognito mode” which permits customers to disable their chat historical past. OpenAI additionally introduced that it was engaged on a ChatGPT model for companies which would not share chat knowledge by default.