What happens to what you share with AI

AxiosAugust 17, 2026en

Imagine a chatbot built to keep you talking a little longer. To change your mind about something. Or persuade you to buy something. Now imagine it could draw on everything it knows about you — including the fears, insecurities and private details you shared in conversation — to do it. Why it matters: Few rules directly govern that scenario today, making AI companies' promises about how they use consumer data especially consequential. The big picture: In the first installment of Axios' "What they know about you" series , published in 2019, we examined the information major tech companies collected about their users. In 2024, we followed up with a look at what consumer data AI companies use to

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