The New York Times wants your private ChatGPT history — even the parts you’ve deleted 

Millions of Americans share private details with ChatGPT. Some ask medical questions or share painful relationship problems. Others even use ChatGPT as a makeshift therapist, sharing their deepest mental health struggles.

Users trust ChatGPT with these confessions because OpenAI promised them that the company would permanently delete their data upon request.  

But last week, in a Manhattan courtroom, a federal judge ruled that OpenAI must preserve nearly every exchange its users have ever had with ChatGPT ...