Experts Warn You Should Never Share These 5 Things With ChatGPT — And What You Can Do If

Return to homepage It's becoming increasingly common for people to use ChatGPT and other AI chatbots like Gemini, Copilot and Claude in their everyday lives. A recent survey from Elon University's Imagining the Digital Future Center found that half of Americans now utilize these.

"I am especially struck by the ways these tools are being woven into people's social lives." Tech: People Are Afraid To Be Rude To AI.

What Happened

Tech Experts Say They Might Have A Point. And while these tools can be useful when it comes to, say, helping you write an email or brainstorm questions for a doctor's appointment, it's wise to be cautious about how much information you.

• A 2024 poll found that 1 in 6 adults turn to AI chatbots at least once a month for health information and advice, according to health policy organization KFF.

• Start treating AI conversations as "semi-public spaces rather than private diaries," Al-Koura recommended.

• Then take some time to think about what information you are (and are not) comfortable sharing with an AI chatbot going forward.

Key Details

People underestimate how much of what they share with an AI chatbot can be "stored, analyzed, and potentially reused," cybersecurity expert George Kamide, co-host of the technology podcast "Bare Knuckles and Brass Tacks," told HuffPost. If those interactions contain personal identifiers, sensitive.

• According to Kamide: Once your data is fed into the chatbot's training data, "you can't really get it back." Still, he suggested deleting the chat history "to stop exfiltration of data, should anyone compromise.

• But you can still try to mitigate some of the potential harm.

• It may not be possible to put the toothpaste back in the tube, so to speak.

Why It Matters

Personally identifiable information, known as PII, is any type of data that can be used to identify an individual, including your full name, home address, phone number, and government ID numbers like social security, passport or driver license. Sharing these details with.

• Your paystubs, banking and investment account information, and credit card details should not be shared with an AI chatbot, the University of Kentucky Information Technology Services advises.

• "A single prompt containing sensitive data could constitute a regulatory or contractual breach."

What Reports Say

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• Continued reporting by Yahoo as more details emerge