Ask Ada #1: privacy, paying and made-up answers
Ask Ada launches: how to send your AI tool questions, plus straight answers on pasting documents into chatbots, which subscription is worth paying for, and why AI makes things up.
Welcome to Ask Ada, the AI Pro column where your questions about AI tools get straight, sourced answers. There's no post bag yet (the plan only just launched), so this first issue does two things: it explains how to send in a question, and it answers the three questions people most often ask about AI tools right now.
Is it safe to paste your documents into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and which switch stops them training on it? Do you actually need to pay, and if so for which plan, in pounds? And why do these things make stuff up with such confidence, and what can you do about it? Practical answers, current settings, UK prices and the UK GDPR angle, for AI Pro members.