Your ChatGPT logs might end up in court — OpenAI confirms

Many people are already using AI for legal assistance in cases ranging from divorce proceedings to parking violations. OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, confirmed that ChatGPT conversations could be used as legal evidence.

This statement follows concerns about users sharing private data with AI, reports Futurism.

ChatGPT conversations valid in court

During a recent conversation with podcaster Theo Von, Altman admitted that users are not legally confidential when talking to ChatGPT. He added that OpenAI would be legally required to share those exchanges if subpoenaed.

"Right now, if you talk to a therapist or a lawyer or a doctor... there's legal privilege for it. There’s doctor-patient confidentiality, there’s legal confidentiality. And we haven’t figured that out yet for when you talk to ChatGPT,"  the CEO said.

In response to the widespread recognition, Jessee Bundy of the Creative Counsel law firm noted that lawyers like her had been warning for over a year that using ChatGPT for legal purposes could have disastrous consequences.

"You’re generating discoverable evidence. No attorney-client privilege. No confidentiality," the lawyer wrote on X.

According to Altman, those same chats will be discoverable in a court of law until a judge rules one way or another, so chat carefully.

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