Stop letting ChatGPT and other AI chatbots train on your data. Here’s why—and how

Stop letting ChatGPT and other AI chatbots train on your data. Here’s why—and how

Whatever you feed them can become public. Keep that in mind, and take these steps to protect yourself.

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When you interact with a chatbot, there’s a good chance that everything you say, and every prompt you give, isn’t just used to generate replies to your queries. Nearly every chatbot company on the planet also uses the information you provide to train its AI models. This can leave your privacy—and even your employer’s confidential information—exposed. But you can mitigate these privacy risks by telling chatbots not to use your data for training. Here’s how.

What is AI chatbot training?

In order for a chatbot to........

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