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Chief technology officer of IBM Automation Jerry Cuomo recently published a blog post laying out what he claims are several risks associated with using ChatGPT for enterprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There are several key risk areas, according to the blog post, that businesses should consider before operating ChatGPT. Ultimately, however, Cuomo concludes that only non-sensitive data is safe with ChatGPT:<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce your data enters ChatGPT,” writes Cuomo, \u201cyou have no control or knowledge of how it is being used.\u201d<\/p>\n
Per the post, this type of unintentional data leakage could also put businesses on the hook, legally speaking, if partner, customer or client data is exposed to the general public after being leaked into ChatGPT\u2019s training data.<\/p>\n
Cuomo further cites risks to intellectual property and the possibility that leakage could put businesses in violation of open-source agreements. <\/p>\n
According to the IBM blog post:<\/p>\n
\u201cIf sensitive third-party or internal company information is entered into ChatGPT, it becomes part of the chatbot\u2019s data model and may be shared with others who ask relevant questions.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Cointelegraph reached out to OpenAI for comment regarding the above statement and received the following response from a public relations intermediary via email: \u201c[T]he data will not be shared with others who ask relevant questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The representative also referred to existing documentation on ChatGPT\u2019s privacy features, including a blog post detailing the ability for web users to turn off their chat history.<\/p>\n
The ChatGPT API has data sharing turned off by default, according to OpenAI. <\/p>\n
\nThe API policy is perfectly clear – what’s confusing is the policy about conversations we have using the ChatGPT web interface and iOS\/Android apps<\/p>\n