Shadow AI at Work: When Employees Dump Trade Secrets into ChatGPT
Validated facts
Became known through incidents such as Samsung 2023, where developers pasted confidential source code into public chatbots for debugging, which then ended up in cloud logs and training pipelines.
In plain language
Chatting in a crowded train compartment: Whoever enters company secrets into free chatbots effectively shares them with the server operator and its administrators.
Security relevance & practical tip
Firms need clear AI policies and must provide enterprise licenses with a commitment not to use customer data for training.
Primary source / reference
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