By PCMag Australia
Publication Date: 2025-11-19 20:37:00
You know the saying: If the service is free, you are probably the product and not the customer. And even then, many freemium services charge for additional features and Despite it Sell your data. With this in mind, it’s no surprise that AI chatbots collect a lot of information about you, and many of them are happy to sell your data to anyone who wants to buy it. Sometimes apps only need your date of birth or phone number to start, but others automatically collect your chat history or keystrokes. Only one currently collects very little data about you. Read on to learn what types of data there are co-pilotDeepSeek and other popular AI chatbot apps, followed by a brief overview of how to run AI models locally.
How invasive are popular AI chatbots?
As I discovered when reviewing the policies of TikTok alternatives Lemon8 and RedNoteEven seemingly harmless apps can be quite data hungry. For this reason, I recommend using the browser-based versions of popular social networks.
