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A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf]

425 points · 141 comments · damaru2

  1. 20k · · focus · HN ↗
    A lot of people seem to be very in denial about the fact that OpenAI and co do not give a crap about you. They don't care about the agreements you've signed. You're just a pile of cash to them
    1. dspillett · · focus · HN ↗
      > You're just a pile of cash to them

      You are currently a cost to them¹ - using your data as free training/refinement, and potentially selling², it is a way to offset that a little.

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      [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;isaiprofitable.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;isaiprofitable.com&#x2F; - some of the green bars are creeping up a bit, but not much unless you count the shovel sellers

      [2] sorry, leaking³

      [3] Though it could of course be incompetence rather than malice, a mistake they are not actually making anything out of, as per Grey&#x27;s amendment⁴ to Hanlon&#x27;s razor.

      [4] Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

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