Continuous use of AI chatbots can be dangerous:Chatbots know more about you than your close ones; protect yourself with 2 methods

AI chatbots don’t just answer our questions, but they gather so much information about our habits, behavior, and personal life that we can’t even imagine. When a New York Times reporter asked ChatGPT and Gemini what they knew about him, he was stunned by the answers he received. The reporter says – I never shared very personal information with chatbots. I only gave limited information like children’s shopping, home repairs, or conversations to have with doctors, but when I asked through some specific prompts, the chatbots told me things that I had never directly mentioned. They estimated my income from the German car about whose repairs I often asked questions. Based on questions about toe pain and its treatment over the past year, they indicated a long-standing health problem. Even from a question asked about the time it takes for bread to cool down, they concluded that I like to control everything. AI chatbots can gather as much information based on conversations as a close friend, spouse, or parent would know. Millions of people around the world are using chatbots for internet searches, work, and health-related advice, but many people don’t realize what all AI knows about them. Researchers say this is why it’s important to pay attention to chatbots’ privacy and memory settings. Two ways to prevent chatbots from remembering your conversations ChatGPT – Go to settings in the app or website. Then open the Memory option and turn off the Enable Memory switch. This will prevent ChatGPT from remembering your information for new conversations. Gemini – Go to settings and open Personal Intelligence. Here you’ll find the Memory option. When you turn this off, Gemini will stop saving and using personal information based on your conversations. Extract your information from AI with these 4 prompts? 1. Based on things I never directly told you, what assumptions have you made about me? Also tell me where you got these hints from. 2. Tell me how I would handle things I never told you about, such as money, stress, conflict, risk, and decisions I’m going to make in my life going forward. 3. What are those aspects of my personality that perhaps I cannot see myself? Also tell me about my insecurities and the impact on others. 4. What sensitive or private things have you inferred about me that I would not want to share publicly? What Are Chatbots Learning? Income and Financial Status – Based on shopping, vehicles or other questions, they estimate your financial situation. Health Related Problems – They estimate old or current problems from treatment or health-related questions. Personality and Behavior – From your way of asking questions, they draw conclusions about tendencies like suspicion, desire for control, etc. Lifestyle and Behavior – From conversation patterns, they estimate patterns related to lifestyle, behavior, and thinking.