TechTonic Shifts These greedy-ass AI chatbots want all your data

You need to wake up, folks. AI chatbots aren’t your friendly digital assistants anymore.

Nah.

Even worse, they have never been friendly to start with.

They are data-snorting addicts, and they are hooked worse than a gambler at 3 AM in a Vegas casino.

Ever wondered why they answer all your dumb questions for free?

For free, while the planet burns because their servers guzzle up energy and water like it’s on a ration card.

Well now, here’s a clue. . . it ain’t charity, sunshine. You are paying in data, and the cost is your privacy. Y’all have heard of the mantra, if the product is free, you’re the product. But we have often had sand thrown in our eyes by the Sam the Sandman, who deliberately wanted their privacy policy to stay vague.

But now it is clear as day. You think Facebook stalking was bad?

Ha!

Surfshark, that’s a VPN and security outfit that actually reads those privacy policies you always skip, uploaded a report that is revealing exactly which chatbots are mainlining your personal info.

So for all ya data junkies, and privacy officers, this one is going to be nasty.

Surfshark dissected ten popular chatbots: CrapGPT, Clawed, DeepLeak, GimmiMe, MetaSpy, MicroLeech Pilot, and SpyPlexity *. They sifted through every cringe-inducing privacy policy and those shady little disclaimers that nobody ever reads, and they were tracking 35 different types of data these bots snatch from your innocent little hands.

And when I’m talking about data, I mean your contacts, finances, fitness routines, precise location, and, tripple brace, sensitive data like race, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, political views, and even biometric info. Basically, if there’s anything embarrassing, personal, or private, these bots want it. . .badly.

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And the award for “Worst Data Junkie” goes to…

This ain’t gonna be a shock to y’all: Meta AI.

Our good old buddy Zucky strikes again.

Meta AI is snorting your data and it is mainlining the stuff straight into its algorithmic veins. Apparently it gobbled up 32 out of 35 possible data types, that’s 90% of what was measured (for you math heads). Financial data, health info, sensitive stuff, you name it, Zucky’s AI was hoarding it like a coked-up squirrel.

Plus, Meta AI shamelessly links your personal data to third-party ads.

Sigh. . .

This bot is just addicted to this stuf, and it is dealing on the side, and selling our identities to the highest bidder.

Close behind Meta’s terrifying appetite was Google GimmeMe, that was swallowing up 22 data types. Gemini knows exactly where you’ve been, who your contacts are, and every embarrassing late-night search you’ve ever made. This bot is like my creepy neighbor who rifles through my trash and memorizes all of my pizza delivery habits.

Then there was Poe, Claude, and Microsoft’s Copilot, and all are respectable data addicts in their own rights, and they got caught snagging 14, 13, and 12 data types, respectively. Poe and Copilot even take your device IDs, tracking you across apps to better target their grubby little ads.

Jeeeeez, classy, guys, real real classy.

But there’s a real twist that probably no one could see coming, because them peeps at DeepSeek, you know, the Chinese-made AI that everyone praised for its slick answers but with sketchier roots than an alleyway deal, scoops up just 11 data types. So where I thought this one would end up right on top, they are apparently somewhere in the middle, yet still all of your conversations are still stored neatly on servers run by China Mobile, that’s a telecom giant blacklisted by the U.S. for national security risks. And Surfshark even warned that DeepSeek already got hacked right aftre they went live, and in this hack they spilled over a million juicy user chats and API keys.

Yup. My embarrassing late-night confessions are now circulating freely in some hacker forum for all to read.

But what about our dearly beloved ChatGPT?

Truth be told, they are slightly less creepy, and collecting only 10 data types, but hey, at least it doesn’t chase you around with targeted ads or hand your info directly to sketchy brokers. Plus, OpenAI lets you delete your conversations automatically after 30 days and opt out from data training.

A minor mercy.

Trailing behind, thank God, were Grok (7 data types), Pi (5), and Jasper (also 5).

Now Jasper might seem harmless until you realize that it’s quietly hawking your device IDs and product interactions to the highest bidder. They are nothing more than a data street dealer who claims he’s just selling harmless “party favors”.

So, here’s what your sad future looks like

“Hey, heard Meta AI knows everything about you now”.

“Yeah, probably knows I created an OF page last night. Guess it doesn’t matter, right?”

“Nah, unless you care about Zuck selling your fetishes to advertisers”.

“Ugh, whatever. Too late now”.

Great job, Meta.

Really nailed it this time.

But we all know that data harvesting isn’t just an AI thing. It is everywhere, like with every app, every website, every new piece of tech is trading your privacy for your convenience a long time ago, willingly or otherwise.

But now, I think that it’s time to at least pretend you care.

If you don’t wanna get completely owned, check your damn privacy settings. Review your data collection permissions. Maybe, um, read the privacy policy once in your life (it’ll make you wanna puke). Meta and Google will still scrape your existence clean, but at least you’ll know exactly how screwed you really are.

Our new Digital Assistants, x Search Engines x Purchasing Agents x Work buddy are here to snort, inject, and binge on your digital life until there’s nothing left but an empty husk. The data drug cartel is real.

Happy scrolling, my fellow junkies.

Signing off – but LinkedIn’s AI already knew that before I even typed it in.

Marco

* Actually: ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Google Gemini, Grok, Jasper, Meta AI, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, Pi, and Poe.

Marco

I build AI by day and warn about it by night. I call it job security. Let’s keep smashing delusions with truth. We are the chaos. We are the firewall. We are Big Tech’s PR nightmare.

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