Bhubaneswar: At a time when social media users are caught up in the frenzy of Ghibli-style AI image, cyber security experts have warned of privacy and data risks associated with the new image generator. The viral trend is all about converting images with an anime-inspired touch with the help of ChatGPT’s latest Artificial intelligence (AI) image maker. The feature is also available to ChatGPT users, including ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro.
However, this has shot off several questions like is it safe to share personal data/photos on an AI platform? Does it pose any risk to our privacy which we are unaware of? Cyber experts have raised concern over the issue as Open AI is getting free and easy access to the user’s personal or private images; worse, when a user allows access to his mobile phone. Cyber security expert Lingaraj Sethi said, “The ‘Ghibli-style’ trend has a major drawback. When we upload an image to convert it into a Ghibli-style picture, the AI Company stores it in its database. As crores of people are following the same practice, the AI companies are capturing the data to use them for data analytics.” He also said the AI companies will later conduct data mining. “Access to huge amount of data will help the AI firms to learn and work more proficiently. Besides, there is no assurance from these companies as to what will they do with the large number of photos the users share in the AI platforms,” he added.
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“Chances are there that users might be the victims of ‘identity theft’ if the cyber fraudsters get hands on these data. They might use the images to create ‘deepfake content’. India has maximum number of social media users and it is one of the most favourable places in the world to test any application and capture data. Through the process of analytics, the AI companies can predict the interest of the youth and get their hands on countries secrets.” Sethi added. He advised people not to trust any AI tool or blindly upload any data on these platforms. “We need to be responsible for our own security and privacy. A small mistake can harm our privacy and even our life,” he concluded
