Microsoft recently acquired the AI conversational tool ChatGPT developed by OpenAI. However, the tool faced a backlash from a small sect of technology enthusiasts regarding privacy concerns. Microsoft announced that a new version of the Chatbot ChatGPT will be released in a few weeks that will address all the prevailing concerns regarding privacy.
Several corporate users like Samsung and countries like Italy and Germany issued a ban on the use of the machine learning-powered tool due to a fear of data leaks to third parties and state-funded hackers. The announcement hints that the new version of the chat assistant could cost more than what is currently being charged for ChatGPT Plus users. This suggests that users need to shell out more if they are really concerned about their information privacy.
The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has cleared the air that its latest GPT-4 version has stopped using customer data to train its AI tools. This gives us assurance that the data generated on OpenAI server platforms is in safe hands. However, these are all private companies, and we do not know what exactly happens behind the doors of the data farms owned by companies like Microsoft, Google, AWS, and such.
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