oatmealMay 16

Your AI chatbot is not a shrink – it’s a snitch.

Anything you tell a chatbot, thoughts, secrets, confessions, can be subpoenaed, admitted in court, and used against you.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/13/beware-what-you-tell-your-ai-chatbot-its-not-a-shrink-its-a-snitch

#aicon #aihype #llm #anthropic #openai #google #meta #privacy

Beware what you tell your AI chatbot. It’s not a shrink – it’s a snitch

In a case of ‘oh dear diary’, the OpenAI president Greg Brockman is having to read extracts from his musings about Elon Musk in court. It’s a terrifying reminder that what’s divulged to AI really isn’t private, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian
Show threadthe yyc monk
@oatmeal I don't know that using Proton's Lumo would carry the same risk.
May 16 at 10:29amWeb
Show threadoatmealMay 16
@theyycmonk I’m not sure about proton at this stage. There’s #xprivo which guarantees privacy and no logging and is European. It’s not the smartest but it has a useful search engine.
Show threadNoisecolorMay 16
@oatmeal
It has made strides in the last few months and it's come close enough to gpt that I can recommend it.
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