ChatGPT ‘brain leap’ lets bot remember who you are as AI sparks privacy fears

A CHATGPT update means the artificially intelligent chatbot will now be able to remember users and their interests.

This upgrade has sparked some privacy concerns and users are already advised not to give personal information away to the bot.

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According to The Verge, the new update will be tested in the beta version of ChatGPT Plus.

There will be a settings section called “custom instructions” which will allow users to select for the chatbot to remember their conversations.

The tool will work platform-wide, which means it would be available via third-party apps that use ChatGPT as well.

Users would save time by not having to repeat themselves to ChatGPT.

It could remember things like their occupation and family size.

This type of information can be inputted into the customizable instructions section.

For example, you can tell the chatbot that you’re always cooking for a family of five so when you ask for recipes it always gives the correct amount of ingredients.

OpenAI’s Joanne Jang explained the product further, according to The Verge.

She said: “Right now, if you open up ChatGPT, it doesn’t know much about you. If you start a new thread, it forgets everything you’ve talked about in the past.

“But there are things that might apply across all conversations.”

It’s thought the feature with be tested in the beta version so any problems can be solved before it’s put on the standard version of ChatGPT.

The update is available in the US today for paying users of the relevant version of ChatGPT.

Experts advise not sharing information that is very personal with ChatGPT.

According to BGR “ChatGPT’s privacy isn’t great right now” and you might not be able to get OpenAI to remove information it’s collected about you.