Users' data from ChapGPT exposed by bug

The artificial intelligence chatbot service ChatGPT suffered an outage and data breach due to a bug, the developer, OpenAI, announced on its site on Friday. The company explained that the service was taken offline on Monday to deal with a bug that allows some users to see others' personal information. The company said the visibility of the payment information only affected "1.2% of the ChatGPT Plus subscribers who were active during a specific nine-hour window." While 1.2% may sound like a small share, ChatGPT reached 100 million users in February, setting a record for having the fastest-growing user base. Cybersecurity experts have pointed out the risks associated with ChatGPT, with Researcher M.H. Homaei naming the risk of data breaches as "one of the primary security concerns" in an article in late February. Tesla owner and billionaire Elon Musk called it "scary good" and was reportedly looking to develop a similar AI tool of his own. Google has also joined the AI race, having launched its ChatGPT rival Bard just this past week.