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AI chatbots can infer an alarming amount of info about you from your responses (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Vechev and his team found that the large language models that power advanced chatbots can accurately infer an alarming amount of personal information about users—including their race, location, occupation, and more—from conversations that appear innocuous.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thats like saying Tables are eating technology. It really depends on how its used.

[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 11 months ago

I understood what you meant but first reading it it sounds like the tables are rather quite hungry and I think that is hilarious

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It is overwhelmingly used to generate statistical models of human behavior.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago

True, but you can also use a hammer to smack a bagle. Its just a tool at the end of the day