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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...

Microsoft outage affects Bing, Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT internet search
2024-05-23 08:44

A massive Microsoft outage in some regions affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo. [...]

It's not just you: ChatGPT is down for many worldwide
2024-03-25 22:19

OpenAI's ChatGPT is down for many people worldwide, with users facing multiple problems, including being unable to access their accounts, having their chat history come up empty, and the chat screens not loading properly. Others have told BleepingComputer that they cannot access GPT-4 as the site states that they do not have a ChatGPT Plus subscription, even though they do.

Cybercriminals use ChatGPT’s prompts as weapons
2024-03-25 04:00

Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT has garnered attention across industries for its ability to generate relevant responses to various queries. As the adoption of ChatGPT accelerates, so do discussions surrounding its ethical and security implications.

ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: token obfuscation
2024-03-18 02:31

In brief Almost as quickly as a paper came out last week revealing an AI side-channel vulnerability, Cloudflare researchers have figured out how to solve it: just obscure your token size. The paper [PDF], from researchers at the Offensive AI Institute at Israel's Ben Gurion University, found an issue with how all non-Google ChatGPT derivatives transmit chat sessions between LLM servers and users.

Third-Party ChatGPT Plugins Could Lead to Account Takeovers
2024-03-15 11:34

Cybersecurity researchers have found that third-party plugins available for OpenAI ChatGPT could act as a new attack surface for threat actors looking to gain unauthorized access to sensitive...