SSP Forum: Riana Pfefferkorn on chatbot privacy

The
Symbolic Systems Forum
(community sessions of SYMSYS 280 - Symbolic Systems Research Seminar)
presents

How Private Are Your AI Chat Logs?

Riana Pfefferkorn
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute

Monday, April 27, 2026
12;30-1:20 pm PT
Computing and Data Science Building (CoDa), Room E160
In-person event, not recorded

Note: Lunch is provided, if pre-ordered, only for members of SYMSYS 280, but others are welcome to bring a lunch and eat during the presentation.

Abstract:

One in ten humans on Earth uses an AI tool such as ChatGPT at least weekly. Many people share extremely personal information with chatbots, and that information may be stored for a long time. How private are our conversations with AI chatbots? This talk will go over some basics of American digital privacy law and then discuss some recent instances where law enforcement is known to have obtained an AI user's conversations with popular chatbots.