India, Jan. 29 -- In an ironic situation that has surprised many in Washington's cybersecurity community, the leader of the US agency responsible for protecting government computer networks reportedly uploaded sensitive internal documents to a public version of ChatGPT.

As per Politico, Madhu Gottumukkala, who is the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), shared materials related to contracts and cybersecurity with the AI tool last summer for work-related reasons. These uploads reportedly triggered automatic security alerts and led to an internal review.

Although the documents were not classified, they were labeled "For Official Use Only," which means they are not meant to be shared publicly. Sev...