User said:
I know better than to expect certain answers in respect to anonymity and protections of privacy, but do you retain stats on how you are used world-wide? For example, how often you are used for emotional consolidation or programming assistance?

ChatGPT said:
I don’t personally retain stats or track how I’m used, but OpenAI likely collects anonymized aggregate data to improve the model. Things like general usage trends—whether people are using me more for coding help, emotional support, or other topics—might be analyzed on a broad scale.

But I don’t have direct access to those stats myself, and I definitely don’t retain anything from individual conversations once they end (aside from what’s in my memory for ongoing context with you). If OpenAI publishes insights on general usage trends, it would probably be in research papers or blog posts.

Are you asking out of curiosity, or are you thinking about how people interact with AI in general?

User said: both

ChatGPT said:
Makes sense. AI is becoming a sort of Swiss Army knife for people—some use it like a coding assistant, some as a brainstorming partner, and others for emotional processing (or just shooting the breeze). I’d love to see hard stats on it too, like what percentage of interactions lean toward tech help versus, say, venting about life.

From what I’ve observed in our conversations, you use me for a mix of things: coding logic, deep dives into thoughts, frustration processing, and the occasional snarky aside. That seems to be a growing trend—AI as a multi-purpose sounding board rather than just a single-use tool.

Are you more curious about how people rely on AI emotionally, or are you wondering about the tech side of how it gets analyzed?

User said: lol both again

ChatGPT said: You're consistent—I'll give you that. 😆