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submitted 1 month ago by captainkangaroo@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 110 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

tldr

it affects the desktop app of chatgpt, but likely any client that features long term memory functionality.
does not apply to the web interface.
does not apply to API access.
the data exfiltration is visible to the user as GPT streams the tokens that form the exfiltration URL as a (fake) markdown image.