Hey Guys! Today I got a soft limit usage e-mail from openai but I don’t use anything. I don’t publish my product yet but there is an $37 usage!! what is this? [Ekran Resmi 2023-07-18 16.54.00]

This is not fraud or suspicious activity, this is OpenIA’s backend that needs review

Totally could be, but better safe than sorry. If there are any updates I’ll be sure to post them here.

[image] SSO Gmail Account. Only One IP using my Account (Which is me), New API KEY, Validated all data sources. Only One area with new API key on a brand new server and as soon as I generate 1 prompt it the OpenAI Usage reports massive amounts of requests. This is indeed a issue with OpenAI. I h…

If: you delete all api keys and the activity stops you create a new api key and the activity doesn’t resume you set your server environment variable or software to the new API key and get hit: It sounds more like your server has been hacked with malware on it, or you have an insecure backend bein…

[Screenshot_20230718_144207_Chrome] Sure… Or if you look at this screenshot… GPT 3 normal and GPT4 off the rails… No code has changed. Server logs normal, verified with Cognito access and Cloudwatch logs. Normally, I would agree with you but on this one… Something is up… Additionally, no code c…

Might be related… [image] Breach of Security at OpenAI? Community OpenAI made an unauthorized attempt to withdraw a significant amount of money from our bank account, exceeding our API usage limit. It appears that either our account or others have been compromised, suggest…

A new implementation from OpenAI could completely stop easy abuse from leaks: Enabled models and custom names Model Custom? Name Mapping Enabled? Edit Allowed Keys gpt-3.5-turbo No Default (chat model) :white_check_mark: :downwards_button: gpt-4 No Default (chat model) :cross_mark: …

[image] Same code with the input sent as “test”… Something is up

Huh. Have you tried unloading your API key after making the request? Do you even have anywhere in your code which switches to GPT-4? How did you send “test” as an input? Through a unit test? Are you using the official library?

After purging keys, I would submit the same inputs to a local python API example for a while, and see if they get you the same false GPT-4. That would indicate some database corruption on the OpenAI side. See if you can work around with creating a second account allowed on your phone number. Inviti…

Massive Usage Today? Is it a fraud situation?

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JustinC July 18, 2023, 6:53pm 14

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