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Samsung employees leak sensitive data to ChatGPT, company bans AI use

Samsung employees inadvertently exposed proprietary source code by uploading it to ChatGPT in April 2023, allowing the sensitive data to be incorporated into the language model's training. The company subsequently imposed a comprehensive ban on the use of public generative AI tools in the workplace.

April 2023 · Samsung · Intellectual property and appropriation
April 2023

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Quick facts
Category
Intellectual property and appropriation
Country
South Korea
Source
TÝDEN.cz
Date
April 2023
Drafted by
Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

In April 2023, several Samsung employees uploaded sensitive source code to ChatGPT. The company's internal data subsequently became part of the training data for the language model.

Reported impact

Samsung introduced a strict ban on employees using generative AI tools in the workplace in response to the incident.

Index analysis

Language models like ChatGPT store conversation histories for use in further training, meaning companies lose control of sensitive information shared with these systems.

Governance controls

Samsung implemented a prohibition on using public AI chatbots for work purposes to protect proprietary information.

Classification

Category
Intellectual property and appropriation
Industry
Digital security
Country
South Korea
Harm status
Actual harm
Intent
Unintentional
Timing
Post-deployment
Harm types
Economic or property
Harmed
Business
Failure modes
Data leak, Training data misuse
AI systems
ChatGPT

Sources and evidence

This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.

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