Sam Altman Warns: ChatGPT Therapy Not Private

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has issued a warning to anyone using ChatGPT for therapy. He says sensitive information shared with the AI could be used in court. This comes as more people admit to growing attached to AI chat assistants. A study found one in five boys aged 12 to 16 have an "AI girlfriend." Researchers spoke to over 1,000 boys in the UK. 85% of those surveyed had spoken to an AI chatbot. 43% used them for questions they were too embarrassed to ask real people. Over a quarter preferred AI attention to real-life interactions. More than a third preferred speaking to chatbots over friends or family. Altman stated, "If you go talk to ChatGPT about your most sensitive stuff and then there's a lawsuit, we could be required to produce that." He added it makes sense to "really want the privacy clarity before you use it a lot." This matters because your private conversations with AI may not be as confidential as you think.