OpenAI, Google and Anthropic all just quietly backtracked user privacy settings: Is your company’s data now exposed?

Posted Friday, September 5, 2025 11:39 am

Jon Accarrino | TVNewsCheck

The AI industry just pulled off one of the biggest privacy heists in tech history, and they did it while you were planning your Labor Day weekend. Three major AI companies, OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, almost simultaneously announced sweeping policy changes that transform AI conversations by default into permanent training data subject to law enforcement monitoring and corporate surveillance. If your company still allows employees to use free AI tools, these changes represent a final warning: Your most sensitive data could now become someone else’s competitive advantage.

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OpenAI, Google and Anthropic all just quietly backtracked user privacy settings: Is your company’s data now exposed?

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OpenAI, Google and Anthropic all just quietly backtracked user privacy settings: Is your company’s data now exposed?

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