
AI chatbots, including Google's Gemini, have been found to expose personal phone numbers, causing privacy concerns. Users have reported receiving calls from strangers after their numbers were shared by AI-generated responses. This issue is attributed to the use of personal data in training AI models, which can inadvertently reproduce such information. Despite existing safeguards, these lapses highlight the challenges in protecting personal data within AI systems. The growing number of privacy-related queries suggests this problem is more widespread than publicly reported.
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