The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into mainstream software development has introduced a new category of security risk, one that many organizations are still unprepared to manage. According to research conducted by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL), thousands of exposed ChatGPT API keys are currently accessible across public infrastructure, dramatically lowering the barrier for abuse. 

CRIL identified more than 5,000 publicly accessible GitHub repositories containing hardcoded OpenAI credentials. In parallel, approximately 3,000 live production websites were found to expose active API keys directly in client-side JavaScript and other front-end assets.  

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