OpenAI, Microsoft say ChatGPT, AI used for cyberattacks by foreign actors

OpenAI and Microsoft said Wednesday that they found and shut down OpenAI accounts belonging to "five state-affiliated malicious actors" using AI tools, including ChatGPT, to carry out cyberattacks. The shut down accounts were associated with Chinese-affiliated Charcoal Typhoon (CHROMIUM) and Salmon Typhoon (SODIUM), Iran-affiliated Crimson Sandstorm (CURIUM), North Korea-affiliated Emerald Sleet (THALLIUM), and Russia-affiliated Forest Blizzard (STRONTIUM) according to OpenAI and Microsoft Threat Intelligence. Advertisement "These actors generally sought to use OpenAI services for querying open-source information, translating, finding coding errors, and running basic coding tasks," OpenAI said in a statement. OpenAI said its "findings show our models offer only…