AI Data Leak Crisis: Preventing Company Secrets from Being Exposed
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought both positive and negative effects to the industry. One of the major risks of using AI-powered tools like ChatGPT is that workers may inadvertently or intentionally leak sensitive company data, even if their company has banned their use. Incidents of data breaches have already occurred, such as the case of Samsung, which experienced several leaks of proprietary information.
In response to this, serial tech entrepreneur Wayne Chang has developed a new tool called LLM Shield, which aims to prevent chatbots and large language models from taking company secrets. LLM Shield scans everything that is downloaded or transmitted by a worker and blocks any sensitive data from being entered into AI tools like ChatGPT, as well as its rivals like Google's Bard and Microsoft's Bing.
LLM Shield is built to protect organizations from sensitive data being uploaded into AI-powered tools, and it alerts administrators whenever an attempt is made to upload sensitive information. It works by setting guardrails for the type of data a company wants to protect then warns users whenever they are about to send sensitive data. LLM Shield obfuscates details, making the content useful but not legible by humans, and stops users from sending messages with keywords indicating the presence of sensitive data.
LLM Shield was released last week, and it updates automatically to bolster protection as more AI bots come onto the market. The company also has plans to release a personal edition for individuals to download for home use.
While many companies are simply banning the use of AI tools altogether out of fear of leaks, the LLM Shield team is trying to reduce the negative effects and encourage more AI adoption. Chang believes that these new AI tools mark the beginning of a massive shift in productivity and that the workforce will ultimately benefit from the positive effects of the technology.
As things are moving forward rapidly, we need to steer AI towards the positive and avoid as much downside as possible. LLM Shield is an excellent example of using technology to fight technology and prevent leaks of sensitive information.
