
What you need to know
- ChatGPT Plus members can now access a code interpreting tool with sophisticated coding capabilities, including writing Python code by leveraging AI capabilities and running it in a sandboxed environment.
- A security expert has disclosed that the new feature potentially poses a significant security threat to users.
- Running the code in a sandbox environment heightens the chances of hackers maliciously accessing your data.
- The technique involves tricking ChatGPT into executing instructions from a third-party URL, prompting it to encode uploaded files into a string, and sending this information to a malicious site.