26 Million Won Reward... Given for Finding Bugs in ChatGPT

Rewards for Reporting Login Errors and Data Exposure Issues

OpenAI, the developer of the generative artificial intelligence (AI) Chat GPT, announced that it will pay bug reporters up to $20,000 (approximately 26 million KRW) in rewards.

According to major foreign media on the 12th (local time), OpenAI decided to pay rewards ranging from a minimum of $200 (approximately 260,000 KRW) to a maximum of $20,000 depending on the severity when potential security issues or bugs are discovered in its system.

OpenAI explained, "We have partnered with the bug bounty platform Bugcrowd and created a process designed to allow all participants to reasonably engage."

A bug bounty is a system that combines the terms bug, meaning an error, and bounty, meaning a reward, where people who find vulnerabilities in software or web services are given rewards.

Last month, a bug occurred in a specific open source used in Chat GPT. This caused an issue where Chat GPT users could see the conversation history between other users and Chat GPT. At the time, OpenAI explained, "The bug was caused by open source software."

This reward program is interpreted as a follow-up measure to address this issue.

Bugs eligible for cash rewards include defects in Chat GPT, login errors, data exposure, and system outages. However, inducing jailbreaks, questions that make Chat GPT generate malicious code, or the so-called "hallucination" phenomenon where false information is provided are not recognized as bugs.

OpenAI encouraged participation, stating, "Vulnerabilities and defects can always occur. We invite you to help us with this."

Meanwhile, as of around 2 p.m. on the 13th, it is reported that 1,028 people have participated in this program. There have been 23 recognized rewarded bugs, with an average reward of $1,054 (approximately 1.38 million KRW).

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