Has OpenAI had data about AI technology stolen by hackers in 2023?

The New York Times just had a shocking revelation: In early 2023, a hacker gained access to OpenAI's internal messaging system and stole information about the company's AI technology.

The incident was reported within the company, but was not disclosed to the public or law enforcement agencies.

Initial investigation results show that hackers stole information from discussions on an online forum for OpenAI employees, where they talked about the latest technologies. Fortunately for the company, hackers were unable to break into the systems containing and training the GPT model.

Two sources providing this information to The New York Times said some OpenAI employees have expressed concern that such attacks could be used by some countries such as China to steal AI technology. , thereby posing a threat to US national security.

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When informed about the incident, some OpenAI employees also raised questions about the company's seriousness about system security and security. The leaked source revealed that there was a split among employees over the potential risks of artificial intelligence technology.

Regarding the incident, a former OpenAI technical program manager wrote a memo to the company's board of directors, saying that the company had not taken enough necessary precautions to prevent the abuse. Theft of valuable data, which is a top attack target in the context of the booming field of artificial intelligence technology worldwide, of which OpenAI is one of the most typical faces in the trend. That direction. This director was later fired by OpenAI for leaking internal information to the outside.

The hack as well as the decision to fire the technical director caused division within the company, exacerbating the long list of problems that OpenAI was facing. The tech world has witnessed an intense battle between CEO Sam Altman and the OpenAI board for the position of head of the company. Recently, some AI safety researchers have publicly criticized OpenAI for disagreements over hyperconvergence, where humans devise methods to control super-intelligent AI.