OpenAI says API users may be affected by a recent breach at its former data analytics provider, Mixpanel.

Limiting the exposure somewhat, only users of OpenAI's platform – its tools to develop AI-powered products – are affected. Typical users of ChatGPT need not worry unless they too use the API.

Mixpanel detected the data breach on November 9 and shared the dataset with OpenAI on November 25.

The data types involved pertain to profile information associated with OpenAI platform accounts and includes names, email addresses, approximate locations, operating system and browser details, referring websites, and organization or user IDs associated with the account.

OpenAI said it dropped Mixpanel as a result of the attack and is carrying out wider security reviews across its vendor ecosyste

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