Samsung employees banned from using ChatGPT-like AI tools

Samsung Electronics Co. is the latest entity to instrumentality a stance against emerging generative artificial quality (AI) tools arsenic they rapidly infiltrate large planetary industries. 

According to a report from Bloomberg connected May 2, the institution volition beryllium banning the usage of generative AI tools, specified arsenic ChatGPT, among its employees. This caller argumentation comes aft Samsung unit uploaded a “sensitive code” to the platform.

Samsung told unit that portion involvement successful specified platforms is growing, truthful are the information risks. The interior memo highlighted concerns implicit the information sent to AI platforms, and its imaginable to beryllium stored connected outer servers with small power to retrieve oregon erase.

“HQ is reviewing information measures to make a unafraid situation for safely utilizing generative AI to heighten employees’ productivity and efficiency.”

However, it continued that until specified measures are successful place, the institution is “temporarily restricting the usage of generative AI.” This entails a prohibition connected the usage of generative AI tools connected Samsung-owned computers, tablets and phones, arsenic good arsenic connected its interior networks.

Additionally, immoderate employees who usage specified tools connected idiosyncratic devices were asked not to taxable immoderate institution accusation oregon other hazard “disciplinary enactment up to and including termination of employment.”

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In April, Samsung conducted an interior survey regarding the usage of generative AI tools, successful which 65% of respondents believed the exertion poses a information risk. 

Samsung is not the lone large institution to rise concerns implicit the emerging technology. Since the opening of the year, firms specified arsenic JPMorgan, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup, among others, person restricted oregon banned the usage of tools similar ChatGPT.

However, galore of these aforesaid companies are successful the process of processing their ain AI tools. JPMorgan created a ChatGPT-based tool that analyzes statements from the Federal Reserve to decipher trading signals. Samsung is besides moving connected an AI instrumentality for translation and summarizing documents.

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