Open AI was hacked in April of last year and never disclosed it to the public.

First reported by the New York Times and now confirmed by CNBC, details how hackers broke into the startup's

internal messaging system and accessed secrets.

Deirdre Bosa has more for today's Tech Check, Deirdre.

Hey Kelly, so this raises questions as to how much generative AI companies should

be sharing about security incidents and how transparent

open AI in particular is as its influence grows.

The startups executives decided not to share news that the hack publicly or share it to law enforcement officials because no

information about customers or partners had been stolen and they didn't consider

it a national security threat because the hacker they say was a private individual with no known

ties to a foreign government but in cybersecurity that can be difficult to

determine and those impacts may not be immediately known. Some experts say that reporting attacks can help identify and mitigate broader threats.

In this case, I'm told the hacker gained access to internal communications channels

used for discussions among employees.

So not the more important systems where open AI actually keeps and builds its technology.

An open AI spokesperson says, quote,

as we shared with our board and employees last year,

we identified and fixed the underlying security issue

and we continue to invest in strengthening our security.

So for now, Kelly, studies by Gen AI companies like

open AI and anthropic they've shown that chatbots are not significantly more

dangerous than search engines, but of course the potential use cases of

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