The New York Times has reported that OpenAI had sensitive information on the development of its AI systems stolen from its internal communications networks after a hacker gained access to those systems last year.
The material that was siphoned off included information about messages through an online platform, as well as discussions among employees regarding the company’s new technologies. Fortunately for OpenAI, they were unable to access the confidential section of the system that contains vital information regarding its AI-related activities, from the inception of AI to the current situation. Interestingly, OpenAI, which is headquartered in San Francisco, is the organization that developed ChatGPT.
OpenAI is supported by Microsoft Corporation. The study states that in April of last year, executives from OpenAI informed the company’s board and employees about the breach at an all-hands meeting. Since no partner or customer data had been exposed, they decided not to publish the information to the public. This was because their customers and business partners were unaffected by the incident.
The research found that OpenAI’s upper management did not consider the hack to be a danger to national security since they believed the hacker was an individual without ties to any foreign organization. The San Francisco-based company was also found to have neglected to inform federal law enforcement of the occurrence, according to the study.
The company made the decision in May to halt specific sensitive exercises that were being conducted on the internet using its AI models in order to prevent any recurrence of such practices.
Regarding the Biden administration, they were prepared to implement specific measures to protect US AI technology from countries like China and Russia. These measures included establishing safeguards around complex AI models and incorporating ChatGPT.
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