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DATDAT-002 — Data Privacy and Protection Failures

Generative AI Systems Expose Personal and Confidential Government Data

4/5Sector: GovernmentGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

ChatGPT and similar generative AI systems have leaked user chat records through system errors and routinely ingest sensitive data during normal operational use. Government agencies embedding these tools in daily workflows face material risk of confidential information breach with significant legal and reputational consequence.

Domain

Data Management

Blindspots in data quality, privacy, bias, lineage, lifecycle, and third-party data dependencies.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration (Nah2023) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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