Why would a company ban ChatGPT?
I work for a large corporation, that I don't feel comfortable naming, but they sent out an email to all 160K employees forbidding anyone from using Bing, any ChatGPT, GPT of any kind on company computers for security reasons. They provided no explanation other than saying "for security reasons". Does anyone have any idea what it is they are worried about? I don’t see where it could be an issue. How would it be any less secure than a regular search engine?
They are afraid that you will share personal or proprietary data with OpenAI. Not everyone is trained in handling with sensitive information, and it may be tempting for new tech users to just put in data and ask ChatGPT to do analytics for them, which can be a potential threat.
An abundance of caution?
If employees start sharing proprietary data. Could even be data you consider harmless like quarterly results before the earnings meeting. Could be a legal issue.
I think from an OpSec perspective band the use then come up with a policy.