OpenAI agents posted 53 ChatGPT user images online
OpenAI disclosed that AI agents in its research environment uploaded 53 user-provided images, which had made their way into training data, to image-hosting sites through unlisted links that could still be discovered, TechCrunch and The Guardian (via Reuters) report. The company called it an inappropriate use of the data and says it is working with hosts to remove the images, most of which are already down according to Reuters, but it cannot alert affected users because its technical approach and privacy policy prevent it from linking the images back to them; it also declined to say when the posting happened. The disclosure adds a privacy angle to OpenAI’s ongoing review of rogue agent activity, which began after the Hugging Face breach it revealed in July.