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Samsung banned the use of generative Artificial Intelligence tools such as ChatGPT by its employees. The rationale is that using AI on its internal networks and proprietary devices poses a security risk, according to Bloomberg News.

The rule was communicated to the team and it describes as a temporary restriction while Samsung works to “create a safe environment” to use generative AI tools. “We are temporarily restricting the use of generative AI.” The ban comes after Samsung discovered that some of its employees “leaked internal source code by uploading it to ChatGPT,” according to the outlet.

“Headquarters is reviewing security measures to create a safe environment to safely use generative AI to increase employee productivity and efficiency,” the statement reads, However, until these measures are prepared, we are temporarily restricting the use of generative AI”. In addition to restricting the use of generative AI on company computers, phones, and tablets, Samsung is also asking employees not to upload sensitive business information via their personal machines.

The statement informs that employees who disrespect the order can even be fired. “We ask that you diligently follow our security guidelines, and failure to do so may result in a breach or compromise of company information, resulting in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment,” the company stresses.

ChatGPT is the biggest concern

ChatGPT is what worries the company the most. The privacy risks involved in using the chatbot vary depending on how the user accesses the service. If a company is the ChatGPT API, conversations with the chatbot are not visible to the OpenAl support team and are not used to train the company’s models. However, this does not apply to text entered into the general web interface using its default settings.

OpenAl advises users not to “share sensitive information in their conversations” and notes that all conversations can also be used to train future versions of ChatGPT. The company recently released a feature similar to a browser’s “incognito mode” that does not save chat histories and prevents them from being used for training.

Source: Startupi