OpenAI paid contractors to read ChatGPT conversations — here's how to protect yourself
By Amanda Caswell, Tom's Guide
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If you use ChatGPT as a private sounding board, therapist, coding partner, or a place to work through personal thoughts, you may want to think twice before hitting send. A report from 404 Media reveals that OpenAI employs hundreds of human contractors to read, summarize and critique real user conversations. While OpenAI emphasizes that accounts remain anonymous, internal documents show that reviewers see whole conversations, and that sensitive personal details routinely bypasses the company’s automated safeguards. The good news is you can stop your future chats from being funneled to human contractors. Here is what is happening behind the scenes, the real privacy risks, and how to opt out.
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