Are AI chatbots secretly harvesting personal data? Here's how to protect your data from AI

RJ Kesari News Desk: AI chatbots have become a part of everyday life, with people using them to compose emails, create images, summarize documents, plan trips, solve coding problems, and even seek personal advice. 

However, many users don't realize that their conversations can be used to improve and train future AI models. Today, we'll tell you about three popular platforms where you can access their settings to prevent data from being used for training.

How to stop ChatGPT from using your data

If you use regular ChatGPT, you can disable model training in a few steps.

Step 1: Sign in to your ChatGPT account.
Step 2: Click on the profile icon.
Step 3: Open the Settings option.
Step 4: Select the Data Controls option.
Step 5: Turn off Improve the model for everyone.

Once disabled, your future conversations will no longer be used to improve OpenAI's models. If you want to delete past chats as well, go to the Data Controls section and select the option to delete your chat history.

How to Disable AI Training in Google Gemini

To limit data collection, changes will need to be made in two places in Google.

Step 1: Turn off Web & App Activity
Step 2: Go to myactivity.google.com.
Step 3: Open Web & App Activities.
Step 4: Turn off the setting. This prevents new searches, app activity, and related information from being saved for AI training.

However, this doesn't erase existing data. To remove old activity, use the Delete option and select a time range.

Step 1: Stop Gemini activity.
Step 2: Open Gemini and sign in.
Step 3: Select the Activity option.
Step 4: Close Settings. You can also delete your previous Gemini conversations from the same section.