By skyforbes 
Hey, ChatGPT, can I tell you a secret?
It started with a coffee and a curious click.
Rayan, a young developer at a bustling health-tech firm, had just discovered ChatGPT. “It’s like magic,” he whispered to his teammate. “You ask, it answers. You dream, it drafts.”
But magic, as we know, comes with rules.
One day, Rayan typed:
“Here’s my company’s internal AWS credentials. Can you help me automate this?”
Big mistake.
Let’s rewind and walk through Rayan’s journey — and the 10 things you should never share with ChatGPT (or any AI assistant). Because while AI is powerful, your data privacy is more powerful.
1. Passwords and Login Credentials
Rayan’s first mistake.
Even if it’s just a test account, never share passwords. AI models don’t store data, but input can be logged or misused in unsafe environments.
According to IBM’s 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report, compromised credentials were the most common cause of breaches — responsible for 19% of incidents.
2. Sensitive Company Financials
“Can you analyze our Q4 losses?” Rayan asked.
Unless you’re using a secure, enterprise-approved version of ChatGPT, this is risky.