Online privacy used to mean being careful about what you shared. You also had some control over what others shared about you, because much of that info was public. You could ask a friend to take down that unflattering photo on Facebook, for example.

Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) has changed that. Big AI companies may already know much more about you than you’re comfortable with, even if you’ve never used their services.

The problem goes beyond well-known products like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude. Many chatbots and companion AI apps can now remember past exchanges, personalize responses, use human-like voices and personas, and even initiate contact. The same features that make them useful also create privacy consent problems.

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