OpenAI Disables Feature on ChatGPT App
OpenAI has taken action in response to the misuse of a feature in ChatGPT, the AI chatbot they developed. Users were reportedly using this feature to bypass paywalls and access full content. OpenAI has recognized the legal implications of this issue and promptly addressed it to prevent any potential serious consequences.
“We’ve learned that ChatGPT Browse beta can sometimes display content in ways we don’t want it to. For example, if a user specifically requests the full text of a URL, it may accidentally fulfill that request,” OpenAI said in a post.
According to reports, ChatGPT Plus users were able to use an AI chatbot to access paid content and other privacy-focused measures that people actually have to pay for.
To prevent such practices, OpenAI has been forced to disable the Browse with Bing feature in the ChatGPT application. The company assures that the feature will be restored while it fixes the ongoing issue to ensure content owners are working properly. This is not the first time OpenAI has faced legal sanctions. In fact, the creator of ChatGPT has allegedly used a different language model to train the AI chatbot, which is now already in its fourth generation model.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has been talking about AI penetrating the ecosystem and helping several startups invest their resources in developing new models. The company has even received $10 billion in funding from Microsoft, which has resulted in ChatGPT being integrated into Bing Search, the Edge browser, and Office software, among others. Gradually, the AI chatbot has made its way to smartphones, which means more people have access to ChatGPT, which helps it learn and grow in the market.
