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A study found ad or tracking connections in all nine major AI chatbots, and a heise video on it took off
Researchers at IMDEA Networks examined nine well-known chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity. All of them contacted at least one advertising or tracking service, and several passed data derived from conversations to third parties. The German outlet hei…