Nigeria, June 7 -- OpenAI has launched a new security feature, lockdown mode, to help protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks by restricting web access and other capabilities that could be exploited for data exfiltration.

The feature, which is available to users on business plans like Free, Go, Plus, Pro and self-serve ChatGPT, is designed for individuals and organisations desiring stricter controls of how sensitive data can be accessed and transmitted through OpenAI products.

In a post on its website, OpenAI says the lockdown mode is an optional advanced security setting that limits many tools and capabilities in OpenAI products that can connect to the web or external services.

It further states that the feature is intend...