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ChatGPT continues personalized suggestions despite user opt-out

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A user on Reddit has reported that OpenAI's ChatGPT continues to display personalized suggestions even after the user has explicitly disabled the feature in their settings. The user observed that suggestions related to recent conversations and connected sources, such as Google Drive, still appeared. This raises questions about whether the opt-out mechanism is being fully respected and whether computational resources are being used for features that users have chosen to turn off. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential issues with user control and resource allocation in AI products.

RANK_REASON User-reported issue with a specific product feature.

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ChatGPT continues personalized suggestions despite user opt-out

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/CarefulHamster7184 ·

    Did you know? Your personalized suggestions may still appear after the user has disabled them.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I disabled “Personalized suggestions” in ChatGPT settings. Yet the new-chat screen continues to display suggestions based on my recent conversations and connected sources, including Google Drive.</p> <p>One suggestion referred directly to a recen…

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