By
Mayowa Adebajo
April 29th, 2024
Taking a look at the OpenAI bug bounty program page from Bugcrowd, it will be seen that a total sum of $1,287.50 has been paid out for a total of 14 vulnerabilities uncovered thus far.
American sensational mega tech startup, OpenAI has unveiled its latest bug bounty program as it seeks to commandeer a group of White Hats to help make its codes more secure. As reported by Bloomberg, the bug bounty program was launched in partnership with Bugcrowd, a startup dedicated to helping companies make their codes more secure.
OpenAI became famous for its ChatGPT chatbot application which returns answers in the form of text for every query it receives. Its invention grew to be appreciated by more than 100 million people in the first two months of its launch. With more recent versions of the ChatGPT product now launched, OpenAI is exploring a more proactive avenue to ensure its systems are as secure as possible.
Tapping Bugcrowd is one way to achieve this as the outfit noted that by adhering to the precepts of “transparency and collaboration,” it can figure out the vulnerabilities lurking around within its codes.
“This initiative is an essential part of our commitment to developing safe and advanced AI,” said the blog post, written by Matthew Knight, OpenAI’s head of security. “As we create technology and services that are secure, reliable and trustworthy, we would like your help.”
OpenAI is looking at rewarding its bug hunters the sums ranging from $200 to $20,000 depending on the severity of the bugs uncovered. Low-risk bugs will be rewarded the lower sum while the high-risk bugs can net the ethical hackers that larger quoted sum.
According to OpenAI and Bugcrowd, it is not every aspect of the ChatGPT code is eligible to review and scrutiny by the prospective participating Whitehat hackers. According to Bugcrowd, vulnerabilities as it relates to the answers that the application returns to users are generally out of scope to bug hunters.
Additional Details on the OpenAI Bug Bounty Program
Taking a look at the OpenAI bug bounty program page from Bugcrowd, it will be seen that a total sum of $1,287.50 has been paid out for a total of 14 vulnerabilities uncovered thus far.
The robustness of the OpenAI bug bounty program was showcased with respect to the time frame that discovered vulnerabilities are designed to be reported. According to Bugcrowd, any issues are either accepted or rejected within 3 hours, thus, treating any discovery as urgent as possible.
The importance of the bug bounty program for OpenAI cannot be overemphasized as the startup is now under immense scrutiny from regulators around the world for the safety of its product. While some countries are blowing tough on the use of ChatGPT which has recently been suspended by the Italian regulator on issues relating to privacy concerns, the proactive move through the bug bounty campaign can save the firm from further sanctions in the near future.
In addition, OpenAI will further extend its lead as the most robust, most adopted, and most secure conversation-style AI developer in the world through the bug bounty program.