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ChatGPT allows access to underlying sandbox OS, “playbook” data
2024-11-14 16:08

OpenAI's containerized ChatGPT environment is open to limited yet extensive access to core instructions while allowing arbitrary file uploads and command execution within the isolated sandbox. [...]

ChatGPT-4o can be used for autonomous voice-based scams
2024-11-03 15:12

Researchers have shown that it's possible to abuse OpenAI's real-time voice API for ChatGPT-4o, an advanced LLM chatbot, to conduct financial scams with low to moderate success rates. [...]

OpenAI's new ChatGPT Search Chrome extension feels like a search hijacker
2024-11-01 20:25

OpenAI's new "ChatGPT search" Chrome extension feels like nothing more than a typical search hijacker, changing Chrome's settings so your address bar searches go through ChatGPT Search instead. [...]

Cast a hex on ChatGPT to trick the AI into writing exploit code
2024-10-29 22:30

'It was like watching a robot going rogue' says researcher OpenAI's language model GPT-4o can be tricked into writing exploit code by encoding the malicious instructions in hexadecimal, which...

OpenAI confirms threat actors use ChatGPT to write malware
2024-10-12 14:09

OpenAI has disrupted over 20 malicious cyber operations abusing its AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, for debugging and developing malware, spreading misinformation, evading detection, and conducting...

Hacking ChatGPT by Planting False Memories into Its Data
2024-10-01 11:07

This vulnerability hacks a feature that allows ChatGPT to have long-term memory, where it uses information from past conversations to inform future conversations with that same user. A researcher...

ChatGPT macOS Flaw Could've Enabled Long-Term Spyware via Memory Function
2024-09-25 11:47

A now-patched security vulnerability in OpenAI's ChatGPT app for macOS could have made it possible for attackers to plant long-term persistent spyware into the artificial intelligence (AI) tool's...

How to Investigate ChatGPT activity in Google Workspace
2024-09-17 12:00

Since launching ChatGPT in 2022, OpenAI has defied expectations with a steady stream of product announcements and enhancements. One such announcement came on May 16, 2024, and for most consumers,...

OpenAI kills Iranian accounts using ChatGPT to write US election disinfo
2024-08-19 20:10

OpenAI has banned ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian crew suspected of spreading fake news on social media sites about the upcoming US presidential campaign. OpenAI attributed the phony posts to Storm-2035, a Tehran-backed group that Microsoft also sounded the alarm about last week as it and other Iranian groups have continued to meddle in elections - some veering toward attempts at inciting violence.

OpenAI Blocks Iranian Influence Operation Using ChatGPT for U.S. Election Propaganda
2024-08-17 06:38

OpenAI on Friday said it banned a set of accounts linked to what it said was an Iranian covert influence operation that leveraged ChatGPT to generate content that, among other things, focused on...