Creator of ChatGPT launches bug bounty program with financial incentives

Photo Credit: PCMag Because ChatGPT isn't nearly intelligent enough to recognize its own shortcomings yet, its designer is looking to others for assistance. In order to find and disclose vulnerabilities and defects in its artificial intelligence systems, including ChatGPT and GPT-4, OpenAI introduced a bug reward program on Tuesday. OpenAI stated that prizes for reporting will range from $200 for low-severity findings to up to $20,000 for what it dubbed "extraordinary discoveries" in a post on its website describing the program's specifics. Photo Credit: Bleeping Computer The Microsoft-backed company stated that its goal is to develop AI systems that "benefit everyone," and that it makes significant investments in research and engineering to guarantee the security and safety of its AI systems. However we are aware that vulnerabilities and weaknesses can appear in complicated technologies. OpenAI stated that it understood "the crucial relevance of security and regard it as a collaborative effort" in response to security researchers interested in participating in the program. You will play a significant part in making our technology safer for everyone by disclosing your findings. Also Read: In order to use ChatGPT, you must have a phone number As more users try out ChatGPT and other OpenAI products, the business is eager to find any potential problems as soon as possible to guarantee that everything works as intended and to stop any vulnerabilities from being used for evil. Hence, OpenAI hopes that by interacting with the IT industry, it can address any issues before they escalate into larger ones. The startup, which is based in California, has already experienced one scare when a bug made the titles of some users' talks public when they ought to have remained private. After the event last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that the privacy breach was a "serious issue" and added, "We feel bad about this. Now it's been fixed.