Posted on 02/16/2023 5:32:44 PM PST by DoodleBob
ChatGPT has been making the tech industry sweat since its rise in popularity last year, and now Amazon is feeling the heat too. According to internal communications from the company as viewed by Insider, an Amazon lawyer has urged employees not to share code with the AI chatbot.
Insider reported earlier this week that the lawyer specifically requested that employees not share “any Amazon confidential information (including Amazon code you are working on)” with ChatGPT, according to screenshots of Slack messages reviewed by the outlet. The guidance comes after the company reportedly witnessed ChatGPT responses that have mimicked internal Amazon data.
“This is important because your inputs may be used as training data for a further iteration of ChatGPT, and we wouldn’t want its output to include or resemble our confidential information (and I’ve already seen instances where its output closely matches existing material),” the lawyer wrote further, according to Insider.
Amazon is probably right about ChatGPT obtaining its data since, in a similar story, ChatGPT allegedly answered interview questions correctly for a software coding position at the company. According to Slack channel transcripts also reviewed by Insider, the AI provided correct solutions to software coding questions and even made improvements to some of Amazon’s code.
“I was honestly impressed!” an employee reportedly wrote on Slack. “I’m both scared and excited to see what impact this will have on the way that we conduct coding interviews.”
The novelty of ChatGPT has not warn off just yet, but questions surrounding how it may intersect with our daily lives have sprung up in recent weeks. While the chatbot was able to pass a final exam at Wharton in an MBA level course (where it did struggle with some basic arithmetic), ChatGPT’s role in education—among other fields—is dubious. Some school systems, like the New York City Department of Education, have decided to ban the tech over fears of cheating, but OpenAI’s CEO simply believes school administrators need to get over it.
Killshot, right there.
However I could see the development of private code engines that are in-company and interfaced with IDEs that could be very helpful in the not too far off future.
Just received a spam email from ‘noreply@amzn.com.’ it stated “My account is frozen.” I need to click and provide enough information for them to to steal as much as possible. The email arrived RIGHT AS A REAL AMAZON PACKAGE ARRIVED on our doorstep. Whether on a phone, tablet, laptop, tower, whatever, ALWAYS slow down and examine everything. When in doubt, delete. Or...Use a different device, go to the home page of the entity, and examine what is happening.
Our spam filters at work were very good, but once in a blue moon something might slip through. One time the classic Nigerian $$$ Letter arrived via email. You could tell from the email details it was from Eastern Europe. Since they wanted my information, I composed a long, detailed response. I explained that I needed to verify that they were all on the up and up. I demanded $5,000 in Gold Bullion be FedEx’d to my workplace, and then, once we verified it was real gold, we could continue interacting. I further stated that since the original email message indicated that they already had much of my personal information (they didn’t) they should be able to arrange the quick gold delivery to me. They responded with “I know understand you.” I responded with “No Kidding Dick Tracy.” That ended the conversation.
“These 50 foot women, keep slapping your face. Machines remind you that you can be replaced. You’re incredible, the incredible shrinking man”
~ Daniel Amos
Really though, how is that 15 dollar minimum wage working out?
repeat after me
bezos is satan
You can trust me, Dave. I have your best interests in mind.
Let's talk about things.
Upon a quick read, I thought you wrote “bezos is a stain”
Dude, it’s long past the 80’s - where’s my rocket packs???
Weird that that happened right as you received an Amazon package, but I have gotten several of those messages even though I have not received any packages.
So, does this apply only to coding? Or if we write stuff to the ChatGP that we can change how it replies?
If the latter, it would be interesting to write a lot of conservative and religious text for it to assimilate!
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