‘I think that’s very screwed up’: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns about ChatGPT privacy

Do you use ChatGPT as a therapist or seek relationship advice from the AI chatbot? If yes, then here’s something you must know. ChatGPT-maker OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently admitted that conversations with the AI tool are not fully legally protected and can be used in court proceedings as evidence. Speaking at This Past Weekend with Theo Von, Altman said “People talk about the most personal details in their lives to ChatGPT. People use it, young people, especially, use it as a therapist, a life coach; having these relationship problems and [asking] ‘what should I do?’”.Altman continued “And right now, if you talk to a therapist or a lawyer or a doctor about those problems, there’s legal privilege for it. There’s doctor-patient confidentiality, there’s legal confidentiality, whatever. And we haven’t figured that out yet for when you talk to ChatGPT”.Sam Altman stated that this lack of protection could have serious consequences, especially in legal situations. “If someone confides their most personal issues to ChatGPT, and that ends up in legal proceedings, we could be compelled to hand that over. And that’s a real problem,” the OpenAI CEO warned.“I think that’s very screwed up. I think we should have the same concept of privacy for your conversations with AI that we do with a therapist or whatever — and no one had to think about that even a year ago,” Altman added.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns against young people relying ‘too much’ on ChatGPT

Recently, Sam Altman warned against ‘too much’ reliance on its AI chatbot ChatGPT for decision-making. Speaking at a banking conference hosted by the Federal Reserve this week, Altman said “People rely on ChatGPT too much. There’s young people who say things like, ‘I can’t make any decision in my life without telling ChatGPT everything that’s going on. It knows me, it knows my friends. I’m gonna do whatever it says.’ That feels really bad to me.” He said that this over-reliance on ChatGPT is “a really common thing with young people.”Stating that OpenAI is “trying to understand what to do about it,” he added “Even if ChatGPT gives great advice, even if ChatGPT gives way better advice than any human therapist, something about collectively deciding we’re going to live our lives the way AI tells us feels bad and dangerous”.