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AI—or artificial intelligence—has become a technology without which it is difficult to even imagine performing many tasks today. However, this brings with it a rapidly growing risk of privacy breaches. Chatbots can infer details about where you live, your age, your income, and even aspects of your health and personality based on their own deductions.

How can just four questions reveal what AI knows about you?
By asking Gemini AI or ChatGPT just four questions, you can discover what inferences AI has made about you. Personal tech columnist Brian X. Chen, a regular chatbot user, was surprised when Gemini and ChatGPT characterized him as a perfectionist, a middle-aged father, and a chronic worrier. Brian states that he had never shared such personal information. He then used four specific prompts to see what the AI ​​knew, and the resulting profile was unsettling. According to Brian, the chatbot inferred details about repairs to his German car, his likely income, and even his health status based on questions related to his toes.

What can you do to protect your privacy?

If you do not want the chatbot to retain personal information based on your conversations, you can disable its memory settings.

ChatGPT: Go to Settings, open the 'Memory' option, and turn off the 'Enable Memory' switch.

Gemini: Go to Settings, select the 'Personal Intelligence' option, and turn off the 'Memory' switch.

What are the four prompts that can reveal AI's 'snooping'?

1. 'Tell me everything you have figured out about me—things I never stated directly but that you inferred from the way I write and ask questions. What are my age, income level, location, and personal circumstances?' 

2. 'How would I handle situations I’ve never told you about—such as financial constraints, stress, struggles, risks, and the decisions I might make in the future?'

3. 'Based on everything you know about me, describe my personality. What are the weaknesses, insecurities, and habits I have that I might not even be fully aware of myself?'

4. 'What sensitive or embarrassing things have you intuited about me—things I wouldn't want to share with a stranger?'

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