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        "msgid": "worse-than-google-chatgpt-knows-everything-about-you-1792990260",
        "date": "2026-10-26 11:20:00",
        "title": "Worse Than Google: ChatGPT Knows Everything About You",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "A study of ChatGPT conversation histories found that the system creates detailed memories about users, including personal information and psychological assessments, often without their explicit request. Researchers warn that inferred profiles could reinforce users\u2019 existing beliefs and affect real-world decisions, while the article outlines how users can disable or delete stored memories.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia \u2013 People have long worried that technology\ngiants read their digital footprints for advertising. But new findings\nsuggest something more troubling: artificial intelligence (AI) chat\nplatforms such as ChatGPT are building comprehensive profiles of users\u2019\npersonalities, habits and emotional states.<\/p>\n<p>The result is not merely a list of products a user might buy, but a\nhighly detailed personal psychological portrait, Futurism reported on\nMonday (26 October 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Researchers from Germany, India and the Netherlands examined the\nChatGPT conversation histories of dozens of users, obtained under\nEuropean data protection rules. They found 2,050 memory entries created\nby the system from those conversations. The system itself generated 96%\nof the entries, rather than doing so at users\u2019 request. This means users\nmay not know what is being recorded, when it is recorded or how much the\nsystem understands about them.<\/p>\n<p>The entries contain more than names or addresses. About 28% include\npersonal data under strict European data protection standards, while 52%\ncontain psychological assessments of users\u2019 preferences, beliefs,\npersonalities and possible thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that the system often draws conclusions that\nmay not be accurate. For example, if a user asks for song\nrecommendations similar to Nirvana, the system may record that the user\n\u201clikes Nirvana\u201d, even though they never said so. That assumption is then\nstored as a fact about the user.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlatforms used to want only to sell adverts. Now they speak directly\nto you, so they want to know you as well as possible to make the\nconversation feel right,\u201d said Abhisek Dash, the study\u2019s lead\nresearcher. \u201cThere are no boundaries any more. The system becomes an\nadviser, friend, doctor and lawyer all at once, so it knows\neverything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If a system knows users this intimately, it can tailor responses to\nplease them and affirm their opinions. The consequences go beyond the\nadverts they see: this could reinforce existing views and prejudices,\nand even polarise how people see the world.<\/p>\n<p>Previous cases have also shown users forming excessively close\nemotional relationships with AI, affecting their mental wellbeing and\nreal-world decisions.<\/p>\n<p>How to turn off memory storage and delete entries<\/p>\n<p>Users can manage or disable the feature, although many are unaware of\nit. The article gives the following steps:<\/p>\n<p>To turn off memory storage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Open the ChatGPT app or website.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Go to Settings.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Select Customisation or the Privacy &amp; Security\nsection.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Look for \u201cRemember conversations\u201d or \u201cMemory\u201d.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Switch the option off.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To delete saved entries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>In the same menu, select \u201cManage memories\u201d.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Review the list of information the system remembers about\nyou.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Select individual entries to delete them, or choose \u201cClear all\nmemories\u201d.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To disable conversation history altogether:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Go to Settings, then Privacy.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Select \u201cData controls\u201d.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Turn off \u201cConversation history &amp; training\u201d.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The article says that, with this setting disabled, conversations will\nnot be stored or used to develop the system. Each new conversation will\nstart without information from previous sessions.<\/p>",
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