How to Keep Your Chatbot Activity More Private

Operators of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot tools have made it clear that users’ requests can be saved and used to further develop the AI systems.
人工智能（AI）聊天机器人工具的运营者已经明确表示，用户的请求可能会被保存并用于进一步开发AI系统。

But what if a user does not want that? Some tools permit users to request that personal information used in chatbot requests not be saved or used to develop or train AI systems.
但是如果用户不希望这样呢？一些工具允许用户请求不保存或使用在聊天机器人请求中使用的个人信息来开发或训练AI系统。

Technology experts say it could be too late for users who have already provided information to these tools to have the data removed. But the Associated Press is offering the following advice for users who want to increase their privacy protections.
技术专家表示，对于那些已经向这些工具提供了信息的用户来说，删除数据可能为时已晚。但美联社为希望提高隐私保护的用户提供了以下建议。

Google saves chatbot interactions, known as conversations, with its Gemini tool. The company says it uses the data to train its machine learning systems. But the company does give users a way to limit the information captured and to remove past conversations.
谷歌会使用其Gemini工具保存聊天机器人互动记录，也就是对话。该公司表示，它使用这些数据来训练其机器学习系统。但该公司确实为用户提供了一种限制捕获信息和删除过去对话的方式。

For users 18 or older, requests are kept for 18 months, although this can be changed in user settings. Human workers are sometimes used by Google to examine some user conversations as part of efforts to improve Gemini’s systems. In general, Google warns Gemini users not to enter any sensitive information they do not want human workers to see.
对于18岁及以上的用户，请求会被保存18个月，尽管可以在用户设置中更改这一点。谷歌有时会使用人工工作人员检查一些用户对话，作为改进Gemini系统的一部分。通常，谷歌警告Gemini用户不要输入他们不希望人工工作人员看到的敏感信息。

Gemini users can change or “opt-out” of these default settings. From the main Gemini website page, users should find and click on the “Activity” button toward the bottom left of the page. From there, they can click the “Turn off” button next to the heading “Gemini Apps Activity.” Users then have the chance to block future conversations from being saved. They can also choose to have all previous conversations removed.
Gemini用户可以更改或“退出”这些默认设置。在Gemini主网站页面中，用户应该找到并点击页面左下方的“活动”按钮。然后，他们可以点击“Gemini应用活动”标题旁边的“关闭”按钮。用户随后可以阻止未来的对话被保存。他们还可以选择删除所有先前的对话。

Whether a user chooses to turn their activity off or leave it on, Google notes that all conversations with Gemini are saved for 72 hours to “provide the service and process any feedback.”
无论用户选择关闭还是保持其活动，谷歌指出，所有与Gemini的对话都会被保存72小时，以“提供服务并处理任何反馈”。

Meta has an AI chatbot used across its social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. The company says its AI models are trained on information shared by users including social media posts and photos. Meta says it does not train its AI systems on private messages sent by users to friends or family.
Meta有一个AI聊天机器人，用于其社交媒体服务Facebook、WhatsApp和Instagram。该公司表示，其AI模型是基于用户共享的信息训练的，包括社交媒体帖子和照片。Meta表示，其AI系统不会训练用户发送给朋友或家人的私人消息。

Not everyone can opt out of this policy. People in the 27-nation European Union and Britain – both of which have strong privacy rules – can. This process can be completed from Meta’s main Privacy Center. Click “Other Policies and Articles” from the list near the bottom on the left side, then click the part related to AI. Users can then find a link to a form to opt out.
并非所有人都可以选择退出此政策。欧盟27国和英国的用户可以退出——这些国家都有严格的隐私规则。此过程可以从Meta的主隐私中心完成。点击左侧底部附近列表中的“其他政策和文章”，然后点击与AI相关的部分。用户随后可以找到一个链接到表单以选择退出。

People in the United States and other countries without national data privacy laws do not have this ability.
美国和其他没有国家数据隐私法的国家的用户没有这种能力。

Meta's Privacy Center does link to a form where users can request that their data captured by third parties not be used to "develop and improve AI at Meta.” But the company says these requests are examined before being acted upon and might be rejected based on local laws.
Meta的隐私中心确实链接到了一个表单，用户可以在其中请求其被第三方捕获的数据不被用于“开发和改进Meta的AI”。但该公司表示，这些请求在采取行动之前会被审查，并可能根据当地法律被拒绝。

With Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot, personal users cannot opt out of having their data used to develop the company’s AI models. The best a user can do is to remove conversations with the chatbot by going to Microsoft account's settings and privacy page. Find the drop-down choice called “Copilot interaction history” or “Copilot activity history” to find the button to remove the history.
对于微软的Copilot聊天机器人，个人用户不能选择退出使用其数据来开发公司的AI模型。用户能做的最好的事情就是通过进入微软账户的设置和隐私页面来删除与聊天机器人的对话。找到名为“Copilot交互历史”或“Copilot活动历史”的下拉选项，找到删除历史记录的按钮。

Users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT service can make privacy changes from the tool’s settings page. Find the “data controls” setting and remove the choice called "Improve the model for everyone." If a user does not have an account, they can click on the small question mark at the bottom right of the page. Then click “Settings” to see the same choice to opt out of AI training.
OpenAI的ChatGPT服务的用户可以在工具的设置页面中进行隐私更改。找到“数据控制”设置并移除名为“为所有人改进模型”的选项。如果用户没有账户，他们可以点击页面右下角的小问号。然后点击“设置”以看到相同的退出AI训练的选项。

OpenAI explains on its data controls “help page” that when users opt out, their conversations will still appear in the history but will not be used for training. The company says these temporary conversations will be kept for 30 days.
OpenAI在其数据控制“帮助页面”上解释说，当用户选择退出时，他们的对话仍然会出现在历史记录中，但不会用于训练。该公司表示，这些临时对话将被保留30天。

Anthropic is an AI research company based in San Francisco. The company says its Claude AI tool is not trained on personal data. However, users can request permission for specific conversations to be used in training or not. Users can do this by giving the conversation a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” or by emailing the company.
Anthropic是一家总部位于旧金山的AI研究公司。该公司表示，其Claude AI工具不会基于个人数据进行训练。然而，用户可以请求特定对话是否可以用于训练。用户可以通过为对话“点赞”或“点踩”或通过电子邮件联系公司来实现这一点。