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DDG is now offering free/private AI chat using several models.

  • kinsnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    842·
    2 months ago

    If they are using GPT-3.5 and Claude, that means that they are sending the chats to Open AI and Anthropic, right? How can they assure that the chats are private and not being used in training if they don’t control what other companies do?

    Edit: ok, they claim to have agreements with them to delete chats within 30 days and they hide the user IP

    • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.worldEnglish
      733·
      2 months ago

      DDG’s classic “Trust me bro” privacy policy.

      I don’t dislike DDG and I do use it, but goddamn I’d love to see a public audit of their privacy claims. DDG is closed source and they’ve only ever given Their Word TM about their claims. The privacy community puts a lot of faith in DDG despite not being able to test anything it says.

    • TAG@lemmy.worldEnglish
      252·
      2 months ago

      That is how DDG search works as well. They take your search query and send it to a regular, data harvesting search engine. The engine does not see your IP address and cannot track you with a cookie but they can monitor the search queries of DDG users in aggregate.

    • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago

      They say they proxy the requests. Deleting the chats after 30 days is meaningless, the data has already been utilized.