Thanks to these platforms that we mentioned, we have the possibility of carrying out multiple automatic tasks such as obtaining texts, programming codes, images or videos. Thanks to the training that its developers carry out on their AI projectsthe results obtained are getting better and better.
However, it is not gold everything that shines. There are also some important complaints that have spread over time among those familiar with these smart applications. A good part of them focus on everything related to privacysince sometimes queries and requests are made that should not reach the company servers. All those who take maximum care of their online privacy wish that their queries here do not go beyond their devices.
And that is precisely where the most recent update that the aforementioned application has received comes into play. ChatGPT. It is true that many of you are accustomed to web version of this AI, but the Android application offers us some very interesting functions. We will have all the advantages of this intelligence at our disposal anywhere and anytime.
The problem with the application that we mentioned and that has generated a multitude of criticisms and complaints, was that it continued to work in the background. All of this can become a serious violation of our privacy when interacting with other tools from our mobile.
ChatGPT on Android fixes privacy issue
Hence, it seems that the company behind this application, OpenAI, has listened carefully to the complaints of its users. Therefore, it has made the determination to improve its privacy by eliminating this listen in the background that we told you about. Basically, all this means that the function that controls this process listens to it, the so-called background conversationsnow it appears disabled by default in the app’s settings.
With everything and with this and if for some reason we want to use this listening tool that we mentioned, we can always activate it. We achieve this by placing ourselves in the window of application settings and putting into operation this feature that we mentioned. All in all, we can say that this is an important move by the responsible company, OpenAI, to improve the privacy of its project. At the same time, they show concern in this section and listen to the requests of their users.
And we must keep in mind that this is one of the most problematic sections that the different companies face. AI platforms. We are seeing a clear example of all this over the last few weeks with the new proposal called Recall which will soon be integrated by default into Windows. It comes from Microsoft and of course, once you know the enormous amount of data it automatically collects, to begin with, it is not being well accepted by the general public.