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Researchers demonstrated that large language models can analyze scattered public information—writing style, posting patterns, and incidental details—to identify the real people behind pseudonymous social media accounts with notable accuracy. The technique relies on piecing together fragments of publicly available data rather than any single identifying clue.
A Washington Post review found that transcripts of conversations with ChatGPT and similar chatbots have been used as evidence in a dozen public court cases over the past two years, obtained through phone searches, subpoenas or discovery. In one lawsuit against Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube over alleged social media addiction, defense lawyers accessed the teenage plaintiff's ChatGPT history, including messages about a proposed settlement; the case was later settled or dropped without the transcripts affecting the outcome.