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Can GPT-4o Be Trusted With Your Private Data?

OpenAI’s newest model is “a data hoover on steroids,” says one expert—but there are still ways to use it while minimizing risk to your private data.

After it launched in 2020, a technical paper revealed how millions of pages scraped from Reddit posts, books, and the broader web were used to create the generative AI text system, including personal data you share about yourself online. And in July, the same app came under fire again when it emerged that a worrying security issue made it easy to find chats stored on your computer and read them in plain text. Likewise, if a user decides to connect with any of the company’s social media pages like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram, personal information may be collected if they’ve shared their contact details.”

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