It wasn’t long before OpenAI and ChatGPT exposed their flaws. According to information from several US media, including Bloomberg and PC Mag, the chatbot suffered several failures during the week, which caused the site to be closed for a few hours.
The first elements indicating a security breach were observed on March 19. Several ChatGPT users were then concerned to see in the history bar, on the left of the interface, titles of other users’ conversations. After this first alert, OpenAI decided to close ChatGPT temporarily to solve the problem.
Emails and phone numbers revealed
A few hours later, after the chatbot was reopened, other internet users reported another problem: when some tried to subscribe to ChatGPT Plus, the AI paid subscription, third-party email addresses and phone numbers were entered. directly in the payment interface. .
One surfer even indicates that when he refreshed the page, each time he found a new email address from an unknown person. OpenAI told PC Mag that investigations were underway to understand the precise cause of these malfunctions. According to the company, the open source ChatGPT software is the source of these various bugs.
Source: BFM TV
