Overview
- - The trend remains widespread across Instagram, X, TikTok and LinkedIn, driven by a short prompt and a selfie that let ChatGPT fold prior chat context into stylised portraits.
- - Cybersecurity experts including Jake Moore and Matt Conlon warn that sharing photos and detailed biographical information could raise identity‑theft and long‑term data‑retention risks.
- - Reporting highlights OpenAI’s policy allowing submitted content to be used to provide services, improve products and be shared with affiliates, while user controls such as turning off “Improve the model for everyone,” disabling Memory, or using Temporary Chat can limit reuse.
- - Examples circulating online show inaccurate or offensive outputs, from a chainsaw‑wielding educator to misgendered depictions, underscoring potential reputational harm.
- - Environmental and ethical concerns are growing, with estimates that AI image generation uses far more energy than a web search and research warning of rising water consumption, while The Independent reports ads are being introduced in ChatGPT this week, intensifying profiling concerns.