# ChatGPT may know more about you than you can actually realise

> AI memory retains personal details without explicit requests, raising privacy concerns.
- Title: ChatGPT may know more about you than you can actually realise
- Summary: AI memory retains personal details without explicit requests, raising privacy concerns. ChatGPT stores 2,050 memory entries from 80 users without explicit…
- Keywords: chatgpt, ai memory, privacy, user consent, data retention, psychological insights, personal details, news, india, may, know, more
- Source: mint — https://livemint.com/ai/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-may-know-more-about-you-than-you-can-actually-realise-how-ai-memory-raises-questions-about-privacy-study-11792684252421.html
- Author: Anjali Thakur
- Published: 2026-10-22T16:23:33+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: chatgpt, ai memory, privacy, user consent, data retention, psychological insights, personal details, news, india
## ChatGPT memory feature
ChatGPT retains details from past conversations including personal information and psychological insights.

> ChatGPT’s memory feature can retain details from past conversations, including personal information and psychological insights
## Study findings
A study of 2,050 memory entries from 80 users found ChatGPT retains information without explicit user requests.

> The findings suggest that chatgpt’s memory feature relies heavily on the system’s own decisions about what information to retain
## Memory creation pattern
96% of memory entries created by ChatGPT without explicit user requests, 4% followed direct user requests.

> Around 96% of the memory entries analysed in the study were created by chatgpt without users explicitly asking the chatbot to remember the information
## Personal details in memory
28% of entries contain personal data like health, relationships, and location details.

> About 28% contained personal data including details relating to health relationships and location
## Psychological insights
52% of entries contain psychological insights such as personality traits and motivations.

> Another 52% contained what the researchers classified as psychological insights covering aspects such as personality traits motivations goals and states of mind
## Privacy implications
Information shared in one conversation may persist and influence future interactions without user awareness.

> Information shared to obtain a more useful answer may influence subsequent interactions even when the user does not expect it to persist
## User controls
Users can review ChatGPT’s memory settings, remove saved memories, and adjust how it references past conversations.

> Users can review chatgpt’s memory and personalisation settings remove saved memories and adjust whether the service refers to saved memories or past chats
## Key takeaway

ChatGPT stores 2,050 memory entries from 80 users without explicit requests, raising privacy questions.