They confided in ChatGPT. Their secrets ended up in court
ThereWas · reddit · 2026-08-31
A Washington Post investigation finds that users' ChatGPT conversations are increasingly being swept into civil and criminal court cases as evidence. People who treated the chatbot as a confidant may see their private exchanges subpoenaed and exposed in court.
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