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After nearly 4 months of launch, most of the people who have tried ChatGPT have turned around and joined its "kwakwa group": "too powerful", "writing code is simply godly", "using it to write weekly work reports is too worry-free"...
Unexpectedly, the "perfect" image of ChatGPT has always been cracked suddenly: recently, a Reddit user reported that he inexplicably saw the chat records of other users and ChatGPT in his account.
The harmonious style of painting was broken, and people began to question the security of ChatGPT.
See the other user's conversation title
As mentioned at the beginning, the first to discover and raise the problem of ChatGPT was a Reddit user.
Last weekend, when he opened the ChatGPT page, he unexpectedly found that there were many unfamiliar conversation titles in the chat history bar: "ChatGPT or have I been hacked?" I've never had these conversations..."
I thought that only a few people encountered this situation, but it can be seen from the comments on the post that there are not a few: "I also encountered the same thing", "This thing just happened to me".
In addition, a Twitter user, Jordan L Wheeler, posted the same problem: "If you use ChatGPT, be careful because your chat history may be seen by other users!" Today, I saw another user's chat history. ”
Jordan L Wheeler adds: "I can't see the content, but I can see the titles of their recent conversations. In addition, before and after this incident, whenever he opened ChatGPT, he kept showing his network connection error and could not load his conversation history correctly.
To this end, Jordan L Wheeler also consulted with "ChatGPT Plus" subscribers and found that even advanced users still "could not load history".
"History is temporarily unavailable"
After the public opinion gradually fermented, an OpenAI spokesperson finally came forward yesterday to confirm the problem: it was a "bug in unnamed open source software" that caused the problem, and OpenAI is still investigating the exact cause.
The spokesperson noted: "The company has temporarily disabled ChatGPT after hearing these reports. In addition, the vulnerability does not expose a complete transcript of the conversation, only a short descriptive title. Bloomberg reported that in order to find the vulnerability, OpenAI temporarily shut down ChatGPT on Monday and relaunched it that night.
Looking at OpenAI's status page, the last update occurred on Monday at 19:54 PM ET, which said: "We have fully restored the ChatGPT service for all users. We will continue to work hard to restore past conversation history for users. ”
As of this post, the chat history bar on the left side of the ChatGPT page is still unavailable, with only one sentence: "History is temporarily unavailable." We are working to restore this feature as soon as possible. ”
Avoid sharing sensitive information with ChatGPT
In fact, since the explosion of ChatGPT, the fact that it uses user conversation records for training has been feared by many people, and it is the main reason why some companies prohibit employees from using ChatGPT - to prevent confidential internal data from being leaked.
In this regard, in the FAQ of ChatGPT on the OpenAI website, the processing and reminder of conversation records are also mentioned:
- Who can view my conversations?
As part of our commitment to safe and responsible AI, we review conversations to improve our systems and ensure content meets our policies and security requirements.
- Will you use my conversations for training?
Yes, our AI trainers may review your conversations to improve our system.
- Can you remove specific prompts?
No, we can't remove specific tips from your history. Please do not share any sensitive information in your conversations.
As OpenAI itself says, "Please don't share any sensitive information in your conversations." Therefore, even if your conversation history with ChatGPT cannot be seen by other users, try to avoid sharing sensitive information with ChatGPT.
Netizen: My reliance on ChatGPT is too fast
The problems exposed by ChatGPT have also triggered discussions and controversies among many netizens.
Most people believe that this incident shows that the security of ChatGPT still needs to be investigated:
- "It sounds like ChatGPT wrote its own website security code."
- "We really needed an open source alternative instead of putting all our energy into a for-profit company."
Some people have realized their excessive dependence on ChatGPT from the brief offline of ChatGPT:
- "It dawned on me that ChatGPT had only been available for a while, and I was already using it as my go-to tool for emailing, blogging, and newsletters. I also became dependent on it too quickly, and it was actually pretty scary. ”
- "During the time when ChatGPT was disabled, I found that I couldn't even write code without it."
So, what do you think about the problems exposed by ChatGPT? Did its brief offline affect you?
Reference Links:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-21/openai-shut-down-chatgpt-to-fix-bug-exposing-user-chat-titles?sref=ExbtjcSG
https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/11wkw5z/has_chatgpt_or_me_been_hacked_ive_never_had_these/