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AI chatbots are giving out people's real phone numbers

More people report that Google AI and other chatbots expose personal phone numbers, with no easy fix. Experts attribute this to PII in training data. DeleteMe sees 400% increase in AI-related privacy queries. Current guardrails are imperfect, and removal is difficult.

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AI chatbots are giving out people's real phone numbers
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  • A Reddit user and multiple experts report AI chatbots outputting strangers' real phone numbers.
  • Privacy removal service DeleteMe reports 400% increase in generative AI-related queries.
  • Built-in safeguards often fail to prevent PII leaks, and users have limited recourse.
  • Existing privacy laws do not cover publicly scraped data, and systematic PII removal is lacking.

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