{
  "id": 17215587,
  "title": "Don’t trust AI to keep your secrets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/dont-trust-ai-to-keep-your-secrets",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-30T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Computerworld",
    "slug": "computerworld",
    "url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/4242386/dont-trust-ai-to-keep-your-secrets.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Many people speak to chatbots as if the conversations are private. However, a survey conducted by DuckDuckGo found that 53% of American adults were unsure if their conversations were being used to train the bots. Only 25% of respondents knew that chatbot conversations could be subpoenaed, according to the same survey. Even among AI enthusiasts, 56% admitted to sharing private information they would never share with close friends, family, colleagues, doctors, or therapists with a chatbot. On Character.AI, a chatbot service where users can chat and form relationships with customizable characters, some users discuss sensitive topics like suicide, self-harm, mental health issues, and relationship struggles. The company recently filed for bankruptcy, leaving the fate of its users' data uncertain, as the legal status of trained models and their training data remains unclear.",
  "summary": "We talk to chatbots as if those conversations are private. But are they? Most people are confused. A survey commissioned by DuckDuckGo and published in August asked 1,944 American adults about chatbot privacy, and more than half (53%) did not know whether their conversations were being used to train the bots. (They are.) Only a quarter of respondents knew that chatbot conversations can be…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}