ChatGPT Adds Options To Disable Chat History & Export Data
OpenAI enhances ChatGPT privacy, adding chat history disabling, data export options, and developing a Business subscription plan.
Highlights:
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) research organization behind the popular language model ChatGPT, has announced a new set of features to give users more control over their data and enhance their privacy when using the platform.
Privacy Concerns Addressed With New Chat History Feature
One of the major updates is the ability to turn off chat history in ChatGPT.
This feature allows users to converse with the AI model without these interactions being used to train and improve future model versions.
Previously, conversations with ChatGPT were stored and could be utilized for training purposes.
With the new update, users now have the option to disable chat history in ChatGPT’s settings, which prevents the retention and utilization of conversations for model training.
OpenAI hopes that this feature will provide an easier way for users to manage their data than the existing opt-out process.
While chat history can be disabled, OpenAI noted that new conversations will remain for 30 days but only for monitoring for abuse.
After 30 days, these conversations will be permanently deleted.
This feature can be likened to using Google in Incognito mode, where your searching and browsing activity isn’t stored or tracked.
Just as Google Chrome’s Incognito mode ensures that a user’s browsing history is not retained, ChatGPT’s chat history disabling feature prevents the retention and utilization of user conversations for model training purposes.
Both features offer privacy and security to users who may not want their activities, searches, or interactions to be recorded.