Source: Axios
“Sam Altman says OpenAI is strongly considering adding encryption to ChatGPT, likely starting with temporary chats. Users are sharing sensitive data with ChatGPT, but those conversations lack the legal confidentiality of a doctor or lawyer. … Encrypted messaging keeps providers from reading content unless an endpoint holds the keys. With chatbots, the provider is often an endpoint, complicating true end-to-end encryption. In this case, OpenAI would be a party to the conversation. Encrypting the data while it is in transit isn’t enough to keep OpenAI from having sensitive information available to share with law enforcement.” (08/18/25)