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ChatGPT Adds a Lock for the Phone-Handing Olympics
· New York time
ChatGPT now lets users lock conversations, a feature OpenAI says is intended for situations such as discussing something personal or planning a surprise. It is designed to help when users hand a device to a friend or family member to show a different chat. That is a modest but recognizable privacy problem. Sharing a screen is often socially casual, while the information nearby may not be. A person can intend to display one useful answer without inviting a guided tour through everything else they have asked a chatbot. The feature addresses that local, everyday boundary. It should not be confused with a blanket statement about every aspect of data privacy. Its stated purpose is to keep particular conversations out of view during the familiar ritual of passing someone a device. As AI assistants become places for more personal planning, small controls like this become more consequential. The futuristic assistant still has to function in a world where a relative holds your phone and starts exploring. Apparently one requirement for advanced conversational computing is the same one that applied to a paper diary: sometimes the owner would prefer that you not turn the page.
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