WSJ Investigation: AI Chatbot Memory Creates Privacy and Manipulation Risks as Context Windows Grow

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The Wall Street Journal published an investigation into how expanding chatbot memory capabilities create new privacy and manipulation risks. As models like ChatGPT and Claude maintain longer user histories, the article examines how persistent memory can be exploited through prompt injection and creates surveillance-like data retention without clear user consent. Featured on Hacker News with growing discussion.