November 9, 2025

In today’s AI-driven workplace, convenience often comes at the cost of confidentiality. Many popular AI chatbots—like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google’s Gemini—offer features that allow users to contribute their conversations to improve future models. While this might sound helpful, it also means your company’s sensitive business data, intellectual property, or client information could become part of a public training set.

Once data is used in AI training, it’s nearly impossible to remove. That’s why protecting your organization’s information starts with a proactive approach.

Here’s how to disable AI training options and safeguard your data:

- ChatGPT: Go to Settings → Data Controls and turn off “Improve the model for everyone.”
- Claude: Navigate to Settings → Privacy and disable “Help improve Claude.”
- Gemini: Visit the Your Gemini Apps Activity page and turn off Gemini Apps Activity.
- Meta AI: Avoid it entirely, as it doesn’t allow an opt-out option for training.

Even with these safeguards, always be cautious when entering confidential details, trade secrets, or proprietary code into any AI system. Privacy isn’t automatic—it’s something you have to configure.

At Tarilon Technology Services, we help businesses like yours stay secure and productive by applying the same principle across all technologies: convenience should never compromise confidentiality.