The privacy illusion: when deleting your data doesn't actually delete your data
Let’s talk about privacy—specifically, the kind you thought you had when you hit “delete.” OpenAI received a court order to retain every single ChatGPT conversation, even the ones you erased. Yep. Even the awkward ones. Even the ones that start with, “Hypothetically, if I were to…” Why? Because The New York Times is suing them over copyright, and now everyone’s deleted chats are potential evidence.