ChatGPT Remembers Your Feelings, Beliefs and Intentions: Researchers Warn of Memory Privacy Risks
Source: International Business Times, Singapore Edition
Published on: 2026-10-26 11:19
Researchers found that 96% of entries lacked an explicit memory-related request, but the results do not establish that OpenAI violated privacy rules or that every inference was accurate. ChatGPT's memory feature is designed to make conversations more personal, but a study suggests it can also preserve sensitive details users never explicitly asked the chatbot to remember. Researchers examining 2,050 memory entries from 80 ChatGPT users found that 96% were created without an explicit memory-related request, while 52% contained psychological insights about users. The study, The Algorithmic Self-Portrait: Deconstructing Memory in ChatGPT, was led by Abhisek Dash and researchers affiliated with the Max Planck Institutes and partner universities. Published in the proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2026, it examines how ChatGPT builds a lasting picture of users from their conversations. ...
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