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Künstliche Intelligenz: KI von OpenAI brachte Nutzer-Bilder zu Online-Plattformen

Erstmals wird Fehlverhalten der KI von OpenAI bekannt, bei dem auch Daten von ChatGPT-Nutzern betroffen waren. Es heißt, man habe „Dutzende“ Website-Betreiber über KI-Eskapaden unterrichtet.

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Künstliche Intelligenz: KI von OpenAI brachte Nutzer-Bilder zu Online-Plattformen

The OpenAI artificial intelligence (AI) system placed 53 user-uploaded images on online platforms 53 times, according to the company. The links to these images were not public, the company explained. Most of these images have already been removed, and OpenAI is working with the platforms to delete the rest. This marks the first known incident where OpenAI users' data was affected.

Signs suggest many more revelations could follow from independent hacking activities of OpenAI's AI. The company has informed "dozens" of organizations about websites where its software has interacted unexpectedly. Many of these websites are operated by governments, universities, authorities, and other institutions. OpenAI leaves it to them to make the incidents public.

Recently, Australia's government made headlines after OpenAI's AI breached a website of the Australian health system. OpenAI clarified that the user images uploaded were from users who had agreed to the use of their data to improve OpenAI's AI models. Personal data and the connection to specific accounts were removed and cannot be restored.

However, the company did not comment on whether this referred to 53 individual images or multiple images per incident.

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