Samsung employees reportedly leaked sensitive info on ChatGPT by accident

3 incidents reportedly took place within 20 days of allowing ChatGPT access

Samsung Electronics employees interacting with artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT accidentally leaked company information, according to an exclusive report by the South Korean outlet The Economist.

Employees in the company's semiconductor division told the news outlet that corporate data was leaked on three separate occasions.

The website said the leaks came within 20 days after the South Korean conglomerate had lifted a ban on the chatbot. 

That ban was reportedly put into place to avoid such leaks.

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Samsung Electronics employees interacting with artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT accidentally leaked company information, according to a report. (Jung Yeon-Je / AFP via Getty Images / File / Getty Images)

Information shared with ChatGPT supposedly included "source code related to Samsung Electronics facility measurement."

The Economist said a worker had uncovered an error while executing the source code and inquired about a solution.

Another employee uploaded program code written to identify yield and defective equipment and requested code optimization.

A third employee uploaded recordings of a meeting to generate the meeting minutes.

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Information shared with ChatGPT supposedly included "source code related to Samsung Electronics facility measurement." (Thomas Trutschel / Photothek via Getty Images / File / Getty Images)

"It is difficult to confirm because it is an internal matter of the company," a Samsung Electronics official told a reporter, according to The Economist, which noted that the company had applied "emergency" protective measures.

The company may also block ChatGPT on the company network if a similar accident occurs, the report said.

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The company may also block ChatGPT on the company network if a similar accident occurs, the report said. (Jung Yeon-Je / AFP via Getty Images / File / Getty Images)

Samsung did not immediately reply to Fox Business Digital's requests for comment.

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