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Check what your AI assistants keep, learn and remember
Why it matters: The defaults usually favor the company. Your chats can be stored, reviewed and used to train future models depending on the app, the plan and your settings.
Do it
- List every AI assistant anyone in the household uses, including ones inside other apps.
- In each, find the data or privacy controls and set the training option you want.
- Open the memory or personalization page and delete anything you don't want kept.
- Turn on auto-delete for history where it's offered.
Check it worked: In every AI assistant the household uses, you've chosen the training setting, reviewed and cleaned up memory, and set history to delete on a schedule where offered.
Simply put
It's like checking the privacy settings on a new phone: the defaults usually suit the company, not you. A few minutes in each assistant decides what it keeps, what it learns from and what it remembers.
In detail
Opting out of training doesn't always mean the company deletes your chats; retention and training are separate settings. Shared links and court-ordered preservation can keep conversations longer than you expect.
If this is new to you: Can't find the setting? Look for words like data controls, privacy or memory in each app's settings. You're not deleting your account, just choosing what it keeps.
Points toward the Long View: assistants that remember only what you chose, not what the default allowed.