In a stateme that brought the eyes to privacy in the age of artificial ielligence, Sam Altman, CEO of Openai, announced:
User conversations with chats such as ChatGPT may be used as legal evidence in courts under certain circumstances.
At the Technology Policy Summit, he stressed that many people are consistely sharing their personal or even confideial information with chats, while not knowing that these conversations can be stored and can be offered to the judiciary under legal request.
Chat with artificial ielligence can also be tracked
“Your chats with artificial ielligence are just like email or SMS, digital records that can be summoned as evidence,” Altman said.
These words have been involved in a lot of mind; Because users usually consider chats as a temporary, personal and secure tool; Something that seems to be not always true.
Why can your words be used in court?
In today’s world, digital messages are one of the main sources of judicial documes. Now, with the growth of artificial ielligence, the chats have been opened to this space.
If your conversation with ChatGPT is related to a legal case, the court may ask Openai to prese the text – as it does for phone and email.
What is the privacy policy?
According to OpenAI official policies, users’ data may be stored for teaching artificial ielligence models, quality improveme and safety maienance.
But more importaly, the company will be obliged to cooperate with the judicial authorities if the company receives a formal law.
How to protect our information?
If you are using chats, take these tips seriously:
– Avoid very personal or sensitive information sharing
– Suppose that chats can be recovered
– Read the privacy policies thoroughly
– Enable existing privacy settings
“No digital connection is completely private,” says Lina Morales, a data expert. Users must accept and act on this fact. “
Artificial ielligence is not safe, if you are careless
Altman’s poison warning is simple but importa: Anything you write in chat with artificial ielligence may face you in the future – even in court. In a world where our dialogues become digital, privacy is no longer just one right; Is a personal responsibility.
