The Russians have been warned that ChatGPT is collecting digital files on users.
Artificial intelligence can save users' personal data in personalized memory, thus creating a digital portfolio, the Russian Interior Ministry reported.
"As part of the algorithmic self-portrait research, experts discovered that OpenAI, contrary to its data privacy policy, saved users' personal information and created digital portraits of them," the department said.
Moreover, almost all the recordings were made without people's consent. The AI's memory stored addresses, salary levels, names and social status. Some also had data on health and beliefs.
To protect data, the Ministry of the Interior recommends checking the memory settings and personalization of artificial intelligence services, not uploading official documents and personal information to the chat, anonymizing requests and using temporary chats.