AI Security Awareness - Day 3

The chat window feels private, but you're typing into infrastructure owned and operated by another company. On many consumer tiers, the words you paste can become training data — quietly folded into the next version of the model.

What that means for your IP

Source code, product roadmaps, contracts, and internal strategy are the crown jewels of a business. Hand them to a model that trains on inputs, and fragments of your confidential work can resurface in someone else's answer.

Protect your data before you paste

• Check each tool's data-retention and "train on your data" settings.
• Prefer enterprise or no-train tiers with contractual data guarantees.
• Never paste proprietary code or unreleased plans into a public assistant.

The convenience is real, but so is the trade. Route your team's AI through a gateway that blocks data egress and you keep the productivity without donating your IP.