Avoid sharing sensitive information in ChatGPT
Do not share sensitive information that you would not want reviewed or used.
Users should not share sensitive information in ChatGPT that they wouldn’t want to be used or reviewed.
Risk
Sharing sensitive personal information in ChatGPT conversations.
Why
While ChatGPT is designed to reject requests for private information and has safeguards, it can make mistakes. Information shared may be used for training if the relevant setting is enabled.
What it does and when to use it
Users are advised not to share sensitive personal information with ChatGPT. Although the system has safeguards and is designed to reject such requests, mistakes can occur, and shared information might be used for model training if enabled.
Sources and credit
- How ChatGPT learns about the world while protecting privacy ↗OpenAI · OpenAI News · May 6, 2026 · paraphrased
First seen on Subvolts May 6, 2026. Updated Sep 11, 2026. Spotted a problem? Tell us.
Where it shows up
- How ChatGPT learns about the world while protecting privacyOpenAI · OpenAI News · May 6, 2026
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Questions people ask
- Which AI tools does this work with?
- The sources used it with ChatGPT.
- Where did this come from?
- OpenAI (OpenAI News). Subvolts collected, normalized and credited it; the link above opens the original.