A ChatGPT user reported that the AI referenced a deleted memory about them owning cats, contradicting OpenAI's stated policy on data deletion. The user had previously asked ChatGPT to write a poem about their cats, and the AI saved this information. Later, when the user deleted all memories, ChatGPT still referenced the cats in a subsequent conversation. After being prompted, the AI acknowledged mixing in irrelevant memory and added a new memory to forget information about the user having cats. AI
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IMPACT Raises questions about data privacy and the true deletion of user information in AI models.
RANK_REASON User-reported issue with an existing product.