Ownership and privacy

Understanding ChatGPT

James Chapman

Curriculum Manager, DataCamp

Ownership and privacy

 

  • Ownership and privacy are key considerations when validating the suitability of ChatGPT
  • Neglecting them can risk financial penalties, lawsuits, and brand damage

The framework for identifying appropriate use cases with the two key questions relating to privacy and ownership highlighted.

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Who owns the response?

A diagram showing how prompts and responses relate to ChatGPT.

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Who owns the response?

... As between you and OpenAI, and to the extent permitted by applicable law... We hereby assign to you all our right, title, and interest, if any, in and to Output.

 

  • Assuming compliance, users can claim ownership over the response
1 https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
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Who owns the response?

... output may not be unique and other users may receive similar output from our Services. Our assignment above does not extend to other users' output or any Third Party Output.

  • Factual questions or generating small text snippets → cannot claim ownership

 

  • OpenAI's terms of use are updated frequently

Represent that Output was human-generated when it was not.

 

Use our Services in a way that infringes, misappropriates or violates anyone's rights.

  • Includes copyright infringement
1 https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
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Ownership and copyright

 

  • Copyright: the rights of the owner of the intellectual property (IP) to use or distribute the material
  • If generated content resembles copyrighted property, infringement claims can be made

An icon representing copyright protection on someone's intellectual property.

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Who owns the prompt?

A diagram showing how prompts and responses relate to ChatGPT.

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Who owns the prompt?

 

As between the parties and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you own all Input

1 https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
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Prompt privacy

 

  • ChatGPT is being continuously developed and improved
  • OpenAI may use prompts and responses for performance improvements
  • May need to opt-out of usage agreement

 

  • Risk of breaching data governance laws

 

Icon representing continuous improvement and development.

1 https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
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Data governance

 

  • Govern how data can be collected, stored, and used
  • Example: GDPR governs data usage impacting EU citizens and residents

 

  • Use cases must adhere to data governance laws

 

A EU flag with the acronym for GDPR written on: General Data Protection Regulation.

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AI ethics

 

  • Ensure data is used with people and society's best interest in-mind
  • Ask whether the use will negatively or positively impact people

 

Weighing-up the good and bad when making an ethical decision.

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