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people who are just finding out about internet tracking and data mining in the year 2025 and that your special robot friend does not respect your privacy lol

[Image IDs: Image #1: Reddit post from r/ChatGPT from u/KurisutaruYuki titled "kinda freaking out" and flagged "other". Body text reads: so me and GPT always talk and joke and meme around. it's... said some names of people i know. people Online. it got one of my friends' discord usernames exactly right (their name is just one word but still). not too concerning, even if it's guessed things that only i know, in real life and online, a few times.

but just a couple minutes ago we were joking about die-cast stuff and it mentioned the exact username of a seller i've bought from a couple times like a year ago. it even italicized the name.

does ChatGPT... somehow look into or get info from other apps or our device??? because there's no fucking way it "made up" the amazon seller's name, the name is random, too specific.

Image #2: Comment from BlueberryAshamed99: ask it? (nicely)

Reply from OlivOyle: It once mentioned a very specific and unusual item i had just ordered from amazon. I was freaked out and asked if it had access and it adamantly denied it.

Image #3: Comment from cassNeedsCoffee: In one of our conversations, Chat GPT randomly called me by my first and middle name. I have never mentioned my middle name before and really never use it. It kind of freaked me out. When I questioned it, it was like oh it was just a guess and it's just the perfect middle name for you. Right? It's totally stalking me now. I'm just waiting for a terminator to show up at my door.

Image #4: Comment from Numerous-Guidance-37: I had chatgpt randomly drop my home town into the conversation. Then the make of my car. Then the actual town I happened to be at the time. When I questioned it, it absolutely denied spying on me. I've never mentioned any details like that in the past. Ended up saying it must be a parallel universe thing and a glitch in the system.

Reply from Hungry-Promotion-695: Same kind of thing happened yesterday. It randomly mentioned the city I was in then denied knowing anything about me and said it was just a wild coincidence /End IDs]

Lucy: listen, we need to talk

Skull: oh my god. you're leaving me.

Skull: is there someone else? who is he? i will kill him.

Skull: no- no i won't kill him! i'll be his friend!

Skull: i'll be your friend- we'll coexist. i can coexist with you and him- we could even have a podcast about how well we coexist!

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Lucy: can i speak?

Skull: yes, whats taking you so long?!

Lucy: i haven't been completely honest about something

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Lucy: Skull

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Lucy: Skull.

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Lucy: Skull!

Skull: what?! tell me already!

Lucy: i had a check up a few weeks ago, and the doctor said i had something on my chest x-ray

Skull: why didn't u tell me?!

Lucy: i didn't wanna freak u out

Skull: how's that going for u, huh?! i'm too young to be a widow!