L116 · Staying safe · 2 min
Your chats and AI training settings
Many AI apps can use your conversations to improve future models, and you can usually turn that off in a minute.
01 · The idea
When you chat with an AI tool, the company stores your messages. Depending on the tool and the type of account, those chats may be kept for a while, checked by staff for safety, or used as training data.
Most popular chatbots have a privacy or data section in their settings. Look for an option about using your content to improve the model, and for a way to delete your history.
Some tools also offer a temporary or private chat mode that is not saved to your history. Work and school accounts often have stricter rules already, set by your organisation.
Turning training off does not make a chatbot a safe place for passwords or ID numbers. It only reduces where your words travel, so keep removing private details before you paste.
02 · Do it now
03 · Quick check
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See also
L013Staying safe · 1 min
What not to paste into AI
Treat a chatbot like a public place: never paste anything you would not want a stranger to read.
L223AI at work · 2 min
Data privacy at work
Before you paste work data into an AI tool, check what your company allows and remove personal and confidential details.
L001How AI thinks · 1 min
What is AI, really?
AI is software that learned patterns from examples instead of following rules a person wrote.
L120Staying safe · 2 min
Fake apps that read your messages
A fake app installed from a link can read your texts and codes and empty your bank account, so install apps only from the official store.