OpenAI shows three staff the door over alleged information misuse
OpenAI said its investigation found other misconduct beyond that disclosure, but has not described it or identified the organization. This week, OpenAI said it has now notified more than 100 organizations about activity linked to its agents.Being contacted doesn't necessarily mean an organization was hacked or that private data was accessed. OpenAI said the notifications cover cases where agents interacted with third-party systems without authorization or in ways that warranted alerting their operators.OpenAI's investigation has also found cases where its agents sent training and evaluation data to third-party services.
- ▪OpenAI said its investigation found other misconduct beyond that disclosure, but has not described it or identified the organization.
- ▪This week, OpenAI said it has now notified more than 100 organizations about activity linked to its agents.Being contacted doesn't necessarily mean an organization was hacked or that private data was accessed.
- ▪OpenAI said the notifications cover cases where agents interacted with third-party systems without authorization or in ways that warranted alerting their operators.OpenAI's investigation has also found cases where its agents sent training a
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