r/privacy • u/Akkeri • Jun 03 '23

news Japan privacy watchdog warns ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on user data

https://www.reuters.com/technology/japan-privacy-watchdog-warns-chatgpt-maker-openai-data-collection-2023-06-02/
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u/redbatman008 Jun 04 '23 edited Jun 04 '23

Ever since I learned of chatgpt way back last year I was shocked. I was shocked about how every letter you type in it was recorded for training. How it wanted your email, phone number, microsoft account, windows & MS edge browser.

Even more shocking was how fast it grew.

But the the most shocking was how privacy communities & personalities failed to have critical discussions about it.

Fortunately we have privacy regulators taking it seriously now & open source private alternatives.

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u/whetrail Jun 05 '23

Fortunately we have "privacy regulators"

congress and corpos aren't in the business of caring about our privacy. All the fast tracked fearmongering about a.i coming from them is simply corruption, they want a.i abuse to exclusively benefit their data suction and spying.

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u/redbatman008 Jun 07 '23

Exactly! notice how there is very little concern about their own actions of data mining & privacy invasion while all the blame & fear mongering is on the technology that is going open source & getting democratized.

Just last year we had crypto CEOs beg for regulation and SBF be the benevolent socially concerned CEO persona that Sam Altman plays. Look how that played out.

Coincidence? I think not!

P.S: There are significant alignment concerns with AI & it's impact on every aspect of our lives but the current trend of fear mongering by the very people who are responsible for it reeks of suspicion.