Chatbot privacy: 53% of users don't know how their chats are used

A DuckDuckGo-commissioned survey of 1,944 US adults found 53% don't know whether their chatbot conversations train the bots, and only a quarter know chats can be subpoenaed. Character.AI's bankruptcy raises the question of whether a model trained on user data can be sold, since the US Bankruptcy Code has no provision for trained models.

• 53% of 1,944 respondents don't know if their chats train chatbots
• 56% of AI enthusiasts told a bot secrets they never shared with close people
• Only 25% know chatbot conversations can be subpoenaed
• US Bankruptcy Code has no rules for selling trained models and their data