The online forum OpenAI employees use for confidential internal communications was breached last year, anonymous sources have told The New York Times.
Hackers lifted details about the design of the company’s AI technologies from forum posts, but they did not infiltrate the systems where OpenAI actually houses and builds its AI. OpenAI executives announced the incident to the whole company during an all-hands meeting in April 2023, and also informed the board of directors.
An OpenAI spokesperson told TechRepublic in an email: “As we shared with our Board and employees last year, we identified and fixed the underlying issue and continue to invest in security.”
News of the forum’s breach was a cause for concern for other OpenAI employees, reported the NYT; they thought it indicated a vulnerability in the company that could be exploited by state-sponsored hackers in the future.
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