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This week in AI: Every prompt you send leaves copies on servers you do not control. Courts have ordered those copies kept, then handed over. Updated 2026-11-05
Your AI Chats Are Evidence
Court Orders, Leaks, What Stays Private
Every prompt you send leaves copies on servers you do not control. Courts have ordered those copies kept, then handed over. A federal judge ruled one man's Claude chats were not privileged. And in October alone, three AI services leaked other people's conversations. Below: where your data goes after you press Enter, what courts have done with it, this month's leaks, and what to do about it....
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AI Assistants — ▲ +209% story volume vs last week (34 vs 11 tracked stories)
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Healthcare — ▼ -59% story volume vs last week (11 vs 27 tracked stories)
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Tools & capabilities — 62 of 454 tracked stories this week
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LoCo Cuts Math Reasoning Chains 41.7-45.4% With No Accuracy Loss
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Every prompt you send leaves copies on servers you do not control. Courts have ordered those copies kept, then handed over. A federal judge ruled one man's Claude chats were not privileged. And in October alone, three AI services leaked other people's conversations. Below: where your data goes after you press Enter, what courts have done with it, this month's leaks, and what to do about it....
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