🔒 Is AI safe? Privacy, security, and what to actually worry about

The short answer

AI itself isn't 'safe' or 'unsafe' — it's a tool, like a spreadsheet or a search engine. The real questions are: what data does it see, and what do you do with its answers?

The real risks (not the movie ones)

• Privacy — don't paste sensitive personal or confidential information into public AI tools.
• Misinformation — AI sounds confident even when wrong. Verify facts before acting.
• Over-trust — treating AI output as final truth instead of a first draft.

Simple rules to protect yourself

• Never share passwords, ID numbers, or confidential client data with AI.
• Verify anything factual — numbers, dates, citations — against a real source.
• Treat AI as a drafting assistant, not an authority.