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What happens to what you share with AI
How tech companies use your data to recommend content and target advertising.
TL;DR
- AI chatbots could be built to persuade users or drive purchases by leveraging personal information shared during conversations.
- AI companies are seeking access to data beyond chat windows, with features like OpenAI's Computer History and Google's use of uploaded search material for AI training.
- The potential for more personalized AI comes with the trade-off of companies gaining a broader view of users' lives.
- Chatbots can elicit more intimate disclosures than search engines or social networks, covering topics like health, money, and relationships.
- Companies like Apple offer more private options with on-device processing, while Meta has broader data usage policies but offers an Incognito Chat mode.
- The key privacy distinction is now whether user prompts shape the system's understanding of them and how that understanding is utilized.