ChatGPT therapy conversations may not be private, warns OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

If you’ve been treating AI chatbots like ChatGPT like a digital confidant, it might be time to reconsider what you’re sharing. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has recently admitted that AI chatbots aren’t protected by confidentiality in the way that doctor-patient or lawyer-client discussions are.

In a recent podcast appearance on This Past Weekend with Theo Von, Altman mentioned that the tech world hasn’t yet figured out how to offer users the same level of privacy for sensitive topics. And that could have consequences if those chats end up in court.

“People…