In corporations we are being trained on what information we can and cannot tell different AI platforms. For example, confidential business information should not be loaded up to the internet or ChatGPT.
But in our private lives there are things that we don’t want even our friends or family to know yet we are typing it into internet websites, search engines, and now AI platforms such as ChatGPT.
I get it. It’s extremely helpful to ask it questions or analyze our data. For example, I could (but won’t) upload all my credit card and banking transactions into ChatGPT for it to then tell me where I’m spending my money or to help identify deductible items for my tax return.
The problem is that every thing you upload can be used to train the AI and can potentially be accessed by others.
Here are the top 5 things to not load into internet search engines, ChatGPT, or any AI platform, unless you want the world to one day know it too.
- Medical results – even if you remove your name and information, the AI will know it was you that uploaded it unless you do some technical things to hide who you are.
- Identity information – driver’s license number, social security number, date of birth, address, and phone number. I’ll be doing a future article on how to use services to remove this info from various websites.
- Financial information – credit card, banking, net worth, retirement, and other financial info should never be uploaded to AI. It gives others knowledge which can be used for scams or fraud in the future.
- Logins – this seems obvious, but people are using AI to perform certain tasks which means the AI needs to mimic you. Make sure you trust the AI platform to secure your login information if you want to use AI to record online meetings or do your social media.
- Business information – there are people being fired because they have uploaded confidential information from their companies into public AI platforms like ChatGPT. Ask your company about their AI policy; they may have a private AI platform you can use.
Any time you use ChatGPT or one of the other systems, think to yourself, “would I be OK with this information being known by the world?” If the answer is no, then don’t do it!