You'll note that's Venice.AI. I recently switched to it from chatGPT on
the recommendation of Dr. Todd Grande, whose YouTube channel is
excellent.
Why the switch?
Primarily, there's not a clear picture of how user data is kept on chatGPT's servers or who can see it, including third-party workers and apps. Allegedly, chatGPT can be tricked into revealing private information it learned from other users, or it might accidentally leak personal details. Because OpenAI isn't fully 'open' about how it works or handles data, it's hard to know exactly what's happening behind the scenes, which has gotten it in trouble with privacy laws. In fact, there are several class-action lawsuits that explicitly allege violations of federal and state privacy laws, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Also, I've found chatGPT's latest Plus version to be overly moralizing and equivocating. OpenAI has become so terrified of controversy, bad press, or regulatory action that they've changed it to be extremely cautious, refusing to take a firm stance on anything and constantly hedging with disclaimers or outright censorship.
On the other hand, Venice.AI is fundamentally better on security and privacy because it's built on a privacy-first architecture. Unlike other services that store conversations on cloud servers, Venice.AI stores all your prompt and response data only in your own browser. This means they never have access to user chat history, and it's never saved on their servers, eliminating the risk of them leaking or misusing data. I've never been hacked (on a personal computer), though that's always a possibility. However, we should all be cognizant of the myriad cloud data leaks and breaches that have occurred. Lastly and most importantly, Venice.AI was designed to be to be uncensored and direct.