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> What is the purpose of OpenAI storing millions of private conversations Its needed for the conversation history feature, a core feature of the ChatGPT produc

by macki0 11mo ago

> What is the purpose of OpenAI storing millions of private conversations Its needed for the conversation history feature, a core feature of the ChatGPT product Its like saying "What is the purpose of Google Photos storing millions of private images"

SilverElfin 11mo ago
This is true but why retain deleted conversations?
- Aurornis 11mo ago
  That's the objection: The court order requires them to retain everything they currently have, even if the user requests that it be deleted.
- kulahan 11mo ago
  ChatGPT (the app) specifically says they keep deleted conversations for up to 30 days. That's probably why.
  - port3000 11mo ago
    yeah but the link states "The 20 million user conversations were randomly sampled from Dec. 2022 to Nov. 2024" so this makes no sense. 2024 was much longer than 30 days ago
    - rpdillon 11mo ago
      Because the court ordered them to retain the records longer than they normally would.
- valleyer 11mo ago
  Because the New York Times sued them and made them. https://openai.com/index/response-to-nyt-data-demands/ https://openai.com/index/response-to-nyt-data-demands/