As per reports, a user discovered the bug and shared images of it on Twitter.
OpenAI disabled chat histories on Monday after identifying the bug.
OpenAI, the company that owns ChatGPT, stated on Wednesday that it had resolved a bug that allowed a small group of users to view the titles of other users’ conversation histories with the popular chatbot, which regarded as a significant issue.
The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, addressed this problem on Twitter by revealing that a flaw in the open-source code was to blame for the bug. He apologized and promised that a technical postmortem would be conducted shortly.
As per reports, OpenAI disabled chat histories on Monday after identifying the bug. But they subsequently enabled again that evening. GPT-4, an update to GPT-3.5, which made obtainable to users through ChatGPT on November 30, released by Microsoft Corp.-backed OpenAI last week.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot meant for offering human-like replies. It achieved popularity and a large user base due to its conversational style of engaging with users.