Data Privacy
The concern over how AI companies collect, store, and use your personal information when you interact with their tools.
In Plain English
When you chat with an AI, everything you type might be saved to train future versions of that AI. Data privacy is about protecting your personal secrets from becoming public knowledge. If you paste a confidential work document into a public chatbot to summarize it, that data might accidentally be memorized by the AI and repeated to a stranger later. This is why businesses buy secure, private versions of AI tools.
Real-World Example
A doctor accidentally violating patient privacy by typing a patient's medical symptoms and name into a public AI chatbot.