What is the Memories feature?
Memories is an optional feature that lets le Chat to reliably remember key details about you, such as your preferences or interests, based on your past interactions with le Chat.
đ This helps le Chat provide more relevant and personalized responses without you having to remind it of whatâs important to you.
đ For example, if you mention recurring preferences in your prompts (e.g., âI always need summaries in bullet pointsâ or âI donât like cauliflowerâ), le Chat might store this to improve future interactions.
What about privacy?
We know that Memories raise important questions about privacy and transparency. Thatâs why weâve designed it to put you in control:
You can turn off Memories right from the start, and deactivate it at any time via your confidentiality settings.
You can view, add, edit, or delete your Memories anytime.
Your Memories are never shared with or sold to anyone. They are used solely to improve your experience with Le Chat.
đ Memories is provided as a beta version. Consequently, weâre actively working to improve this feature. If you notice any issues with Memories, please reach out to our support team. Your feedback is essential to making the experience better for everyone.
How does the Memories feature work?
Memories works in two ways to enhance your experience on le Chat:
Explicit saving: You can ask le Chat to save specific details as a memory (e.g., âRemember that I prefer concise answersâ or âSave that I like spinachâ).
Automatic saving: le Chat may also save useful details from your conversations without you asking. For example, if you mention recurring preferences (e.g., âI always need summaries in bullet pointsâ or âI prefer to write in spanishâ), le Chat might store this to improve future interactions.
đ¨ Memories is a beta feature, and as such, it may occasionally make mistakes. If you notice any issues with Memories, please reach out to our support team. Weâre continuously improving this feature to make it smarter and more useful to you.
đ Remember that youâre always in control:
How do I enable Memories?
You can turn on Memories in either of two ways:
Click the
Enable Memoriesbutton in theMemoriespop-up the first time you log onto le Chat.Or, enable Memories at any time from the
Memoriestab on the left-hand side of your screen (inside theMemoriestab, click the three horizontal dots...and toggleMemories in Le Chaton).
Toggling Memories in the Memories Tab
Upon activation, youâll see a confirmation message, and Memories will appear as enabled in the Memories tab.
How do I turn off Memories?
You can turn off Memories by toggling the Memories in Le Chat button off in the Memories tab on the left-hand side of your screen.
Toggling Memories off in the Memories Tab
Upon deactivation, youâll see a confirmation message, and Memories will appear as disabled in the Memories tab.
Does Memories collect my personal data?
Categories of data that can be saved as Memories
Memories only remembers information that you explicitly include in your prompts and that you have explicitly communicated to le Chat: conversely, Memory is not designed to recall implicit information that may be included in your prompts.
đ In other words, Memory will not infer information from your prompts and save such inferred information.
If your prompts include personal details, such as your preferences or habits, Memories may save them if theyâre deemed useful for future interactions.
đ For instance, if you mention âIâm training for a marathonâ in your prompts, le Chat might recall this to suggest relevant workout tips later.
If you include sensitive data in your prompts, such as data about your health, this data may also be remembered as a Memory if considered useful to remember for future conversations.
đ For instance, if you tell le Chat about your peanut allergy, le Chat may remember it in order to exclude peanuts from recipe suggestions.
đ¨ If you do not want le Chat to remember such data, you can delete your Memories or deactivate Memories at all times.
Le Chat is also designed not to remember certain data (such as your social security number or your banking data).
đŠ However, since this is a beta version Memories may sometimes make mistakes. Please report this to our support team if itâs the case.
Finally, remember that you are in control. You can access, edit or delete Memories at all times from the Memories tab and, additionally, you can opt-out of Memory altogether at all times (also from the Memories tab).
Why Memories processes your personal data
Memories processes the data you explicitly share in your prompts (e.g., your preferences, interests, or habits) to allow le Chat to recall useful details from past interactions and give you more relevant and personalized responses.
Similarly, your consent to the processing of your sensitive data is also necessary to use Memories.
đ This is because we cannot to date reliably always distinguish sensitive data from non-sensitive data that you include explicitly in your prompts, and exclude such data. Consequently, we do not want to process sensitive data of users that refused such processing. The processing of such data may also be necessary to provide personalized responses.
Remember that you can still use le Chat without enabling Memories and that you always have full control.
You can delete individual memories or clear all of them at any time in either of two ways:
simply ask le Chat to remove specific memories (e.g., âForget that I mentioned my locationâ)
or manage them directly in your settings (in such a case, your memories will no longer be stored).
đ You can also turn off the Memories feature anytime and still use le Chat.
How long does le Chat store my Memories?
Since this is a beta version, your Memories are stored for the duration of your subscription.
đ We are actively working on improving this feature and part of that is implementing retention periods.
However, you have full control: you can delete individual memories or clear all of them at any time.
Simply ask le Chat to remove specific memories (e.g., "Forget that I mentioned my location"), or manage them directly in your settings. In such a case, your memories will no longer be stored.
You can also turn off the Memories feature anytime.
đ¨ Note: deactivating Memory does not automatically delete your stored Memories. If you want to delete your Memories entirely, click on âClear all Memoriesâ first before deactivating the feature.
Can I edit a Memory?
To edit a specific Memory, go to the Memories tab on the left-hand side of your screen.
Memories are displayed in reverse chronological order (newest first). Find your Memory and click the âpencilâ icon (see screenshot #1).
A pop-up opens where you can edit your Memory (1) and confirm your changes (2) (see screenshot #2).
#1 Clicking the pencil icon to edit a Memory
#2 Editing a Memory (1) and confirming the edit (2)
Can I delete a Memory?
Deleting a specific Memory
To delete a specific Memory, go to the Memories tab on the left-hand side of your screen.
Memories are displayed in reverse chronological order (newest first). Locate your Memory and click the âtrashâ icon (see screenshot #1).
This opens a pop-up where you can confirm the deletion (see screenshot #2).
#1 Clicking the trash icon to delete a Memory
#2 Confirming the deletion of a Memory
Deleting all Memories at once
You can also delete all Memories at once.
First, click the three dots ... button (1) located at the top-right corner of the Memories tab.
Then, click Clear all Memories (2) (see screenshot #1).
A pop-up opens where you can confirm the deletion of all your Memories (see screenshot #2).
#1 Clicking the three dots button (1) and on Clear all Memories (2)
#2 Confirming the deletion of all your Memories
đ¨ Deleting a Memory or all Memories at once is irreversible and cannot be undone.
How do you use my Memories?
General use of Memories
We only use Memories to enhance your experience on le Chat by providing you more relevant and personalized answers. We may also make aggregated and anonymized statistics about the performance of the Memories feature in order to continuously improve your experience on le Chat.
đ For instance, we may make statistics about the number of memories saved across our user base.
đ We do not sell or share your Memories with anyone else.
đ Remember that youâre in control: you can access, delete or edit your Memories at any time. You can also turn this feature off whenever you want.
Do you use my Memories to train your artificial intelligence models?
If you havenât opted out of training, your prompts and le Chatâs responses, including memories, may be used to improve our models.
Since memories are based on your past interactions, they are treated like any other prompt. The list of your memories is not used separately, outside from your prompts, to train our models.
Youâre in control. You can opt out of training entirely in your settings. This choice applies to all your data, including memories.
đ In other words, if you opt-out of training, we will not use your Memories to train our artificial intelligence models.
Do you use Memories to show me ads or to sell my data?
No. We do not use your Memories to show you personalised ads, build ad profiles or sell your data to third parties.
đ Your Memories are only used to enhance your experience on Le Chat by providing you more relevant and personalized answers, and you have full control on what is stored.