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From small businesses to large enterprises, organizations are finding ways to harness the power of AI-driven tools. With these tools, many SMEs are uncovering significant opportunities to drive innovation and efficiency. ChatGPT and other content generators are especially popular, given their versatility: businesses can use them to generate code, write content, create images, help with business planning, and more.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But just like any other emerging technology, AI isn\u2019t all upsides. And while the downsides aren\u2019t quite as catastrophic as popular sci-fi lore would have us believe, there are some disadvantages and potential dangers that come with AI-based content generation. It\u2019s especially important to be aware of these risks as we explore AI tools in their early stages, where they change rapidly and often haven\u2019t been fully explored or debugged yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog explores the key security concerns surrounding ChatGPT and similar tools, offering insights into how organizations can safeguard their digital environments as AI inevitably makes its way into them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Malicious Use and Manipulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some AI tools, like ChatGPT, have safeguards in place that attempt to prevent malicious use of the tool. However, people have found ways around this with exploits that enable users to manipulate ChatGPT into generating dangerous, illegal, or potentially harmful content. We don\u2019t condone them and won\u2019t cite them here (for obvious reasons), but a motivated Google searcher could easily find some of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, there are more malicious tools at play. Unlike ChatGPT, some AI tools were designed specifically for illicit purposes and have little to no safeguards in place. WormGPT<\/a> is an example of one that\u2019s growing in popularity. WormGPT is an AI-based content-generation tool that was designed without constraints so that people can use it to generate harmful content like malicious code and personalized phishing campaigns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full implications of this phenomenon remain to be seen. However, it\u2019s important not to assume that an AI content generation tool is safe, even if it has safeguards in place that try to prevent it from delivering harmful content. Because AI-based tools are interactive and always learning and changing, new ways to maliciously manipulate the tool will likely continue to crop up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Data Security and Privacy <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AI tools are not immune to attacks or compromise. There are already several reported instances of hacks to AI generation tools like Cutout<\/a> and ChatGPT<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like any other tool or vendor, organizations should consider how AI-driven tools store and use their information before approving them for company use. AI tools can collect a significant amount of sensitive information \u2014 examples include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n