Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has warned ChatGPT users that their conversations lack legal protection and could be used as evidence in court. Unlike doctor-patient or attorney-client communications, there is no framework safeguarding the confidentiality of ChatGPT chats.

• Sam Altman revealed this on the This Past Weekend podcast on June 25.
• The lack of protection means OpenAI could be legally required to produce sensitive user chats in a lawsuit.
• Users often treat ChatGPT as a therapist, sharing personal information, unaware that OpenAI can access and store these conversations, unlike end-to-end encrypted messaging apps.