[ExI] Altman - why using ChatGPT as your therapist is a privacy nightmare

[Gregory Jones]

So can we make self contained AI?  It isn't only the therapists, doctors
and sex bots its the home robots, companion bots, everything, where privacy
is a big question mark.  s

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:11 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> ‘We haven’t figured that out yet’: Sam Altman explains why using
> ChatGPT as your therapist is still a privacy nightmare
> You should stick to trained humans
> By Alex Blake published 28 July 2025
>
> <
> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/we-havent-figured-that-out-yet-sam-altman-explains-why-using-chatgpt-as-your-therapist-is-still-a-privacy-nightmare
> >
> Quotes:
> OpenAI’s CEO says using ChatGPT for therapy has serious privacy risks.
> Your private chats might be exposed if OpenAI were to face a lawsuit.
> Feeding your private thoughts into an opaque AI is also a risky move.
>
> There is also the issue of feeding your deeply personal worries and
> concerns into an opaque algorithm like ChatGPT’s, with the possibility
> that it might be used to train OpenAI’s algorithm and leak its way
> back out when other users ask similar questions.
>
> Of course, there’s also the question of whether an AI like ChatGPT can
> replace a therapist in the first place.
> -----------------
>
> That still won't stop worried people who can't afford a therapist from
> talking to ChatGPT. ChatGPT is just so friendly and seemingly helpful
> that it feels like advice from your best friend.
>
> BillK
>
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