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Incident 516: ChatGPT Reportedly Exposed Users' Private Data Reportedly Due to Bug

Description: ChatGPT reportedly exposed titles of users' chat histories and users' private payment information to other users reportedly due to a bug, which prompted its temporary shutdown by OpenAI.

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Alleged: OpenAI developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed ChatGPT users.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
516
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2023-03-20
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

2.1. Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Privacy & Security

Entity

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AI

Timing

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Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Unintentional

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Incident OccurrenceChatGPT was shut down due to a bug that exposed user chat titlesThe ChatGPT bug exposed more private data than previously thought, OpenAI confirms
ChatGPT was shut down due to a bug that exposed user chat titles

ChatGPT was shut down due to a bug that exposed user chat titles

mashable.com

The ChatGPT bug exposed more private data than previously thought, OpenAI confirms

The ChatGPT bug exposed more private data than previously thought, OpenAI confirms

mashable.com

ChatGPT was shut down due to a bug that exposed user chat titles
mashable.com · 2023

ChatGPT's outage on Monday was a bit more problematic than it first appeared.

According to Bloomberg, the AI chatbot was shut down due to a bug that exposed titles of users' chat histories to other users. The titles could be seen in the sid…

The ChatGPT bug exposed more private data than previously thought, OpenAI confirms
mashable.com · 2023

A ChatGPT bug found earlier this week also revealed user's payment information, says OpenAI.

The AI chatbot was shut down on March 20, due to a bug that exposed titles and the first message of new conversations from active users' chat histo…

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