OpenAI is continually patching these vulnerabilities, but the nature of zero-day vulnerabilities means there will always be potential workarounds for hackers. These security issues could pose significant challenges to Sam Altman's vision of everyone building and using GPTs. Without secure platforms, people may be reluctant to build and use these technologies.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI’s GPT Store, a marketplace of customizable chatbots, has potential security vulnerabilities, including the risk of leaking sensitive data and revealing how the chatbots were built.
- These vulnerabilities come from a phenomenon called prompt leaking, where users can trick a GPT into revealing its construction through strategic questioning.
- One major risk is that hackers could completely copy someone’s GPT, posing a significant security risk for those hoping to monetize their GPTs.
- The second major risk is that prompt leaking can trick a GPT into revealing the documents and data it was trained on, potentially exposing sensitive business information.