Incident 452: ChatGPT-Written Bug Reports Deemed "Nonsense" by White Hat Platform, Prompted Bans

Description: ChatGPT-generated responses submitted to smart contract bug bounty platform Immunefi reportedly lacked details to help diagnose technical issues, which reportedly wasted the platform's time, prompting bans to submitters.

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Alleged: OpenAI developed an AI system deployed by OpenAI and Immunefi users, which harmed Immunefi.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
452
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2023-01-11
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
CSETv1_Annotator-1, CSETv1, GMF

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Incident Number

452

CSETv1_Annotator-1 Taxonomy Classifications

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Incident Number

452

AI Tangible Harm Level Notes

3.3 - Although ChatGPT did not cause the harm of users submitting auto-generated bug reports to Immunefi, those users did use ChatGPT as a tool to further nefarious ends.

Notes (special interest intangible harm)

4.4 - Chat-GPT-regenerated bug reports are not helpful and require Immunefi to ban users who submit them.

Special Interest Intangible Harm

no

Incident Reports

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ChatGPT Can Do a Lot, but It Can’t Help You With White Hat Reports
ChatGPT Can Do a Lot, but It Can’t Help You With White Hat Reports
beincrypto.com · 2023

Smart contract bug bounty platform Immunefi banned 15 people for allegedly submitting bug reports created by the generative artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT.

The whitehat hacker bounty platform insisted that ChatGPT could not identify b…

Crypto White Hat Platform Immunefi Banned 15 ChatGPT-Generated Bug Reports. Here's Why
coindesk.com · 2023

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has stirred the hornet’s nest since its launch, with the Twitterverse readily commenting on how the software could eventually create code, write stories, steal jobs and even fight wildfires.

But the crypto platform Immunefi…

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