Caught using ChatGPT to write email

[Jidemummu199]

I don't normally use it to write emails just to structute blog outlines. So I had ever used it to write any text until then. I heard a lot of people have been using it for emails and I was curious to give it a try. Nothing else. The thing is what I didn't know the header and footer prompt responses were visible until I had already hit send about 15 minutes later. I immediately sent an brief apology to my colleague. We are normally very close and we think very highly of each other. So now I'm now concerned that this will make them think lesser of me. I will go into the office tomorrow and I'm nervous to see them. My husband tells me not to worry it happens. But do you think I'm worrying over nothing? One thing for sure is that I won't be trying it for emails again!

Just tell him you wanted to try an email using AI—just to see what it could produce, and thanks for being your Guinea pig.

Were any of your client’s data in the email ? You shouldn’t put real people’s names, addresses, dates of birth and so on into e.g. ChatGPT. Have you had AI training at work? What is the AI policy?

Sorry, I misread colleague for client. It really depends on the content of the email.

You get AI text detectors online so it’s definitely something to be avoided even if you don’t put the header and footer in there.

it's a non issue unless the prompt was something like "write an email explaining x to someone who is an idiot" 😬

I would think less of you.

Just explain as you have done here. It was a mistake, we all make them

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@cheesycheesy Be kind. It’s free.

OP - everyone is doing this, it’s as normal
as spell check. Well done on being smart and using new tech to speed up your work, I expect your manager would be delighted

Why? ChatGPT is a great resource.

If one of my team did this I'd find it hilarious and reply along the lines of 'great that you're using AI to make your emails great! Just don't forget to proof read in future! And make sure not to include any identifiable information, information that is GDPR compliant, or is specific to business in your promts'

We have our own AI tool at my company (huge corporate). It’s actively encouraged.

Even though you can opt out of training chatGPT it still keeps a lot of your data, the content of the email of which would have been fed through would inform my opinion of the situation.

Huh? We're actively encouraged to utilise AI to save us time at work.

Why - we encourage everyone to use the additional resources. We call it ‘our best friend’!

Same, my manager would be delighted (but would give me a gentle bollocking about attention to detail/proofreading to remove the disclaimer).

Our company encourages people to use it. What did the header and footer say?

I did say that more or less already. But they haven't responded yet.

Stop overthinking it! Be breezy and nonchalant.

I’d just say that you’d been discussing ChatGPT with a friend and thought it was a good opportunity to try it out safely by sending an email to (you/a colleague) and then have a general chat about their thoughts on the use of ChatGPT.

I've started using it to craft social posts for work, but alter the copy to make sure it still reads like me. Am also going to put our next company update through it to see if it improves it. Our company has also added an AI tool to our desktop.

No I didn't include his name or any personal information in my prompt. I'm normally very careful when using it. We haven't had any AI training but we are sometimes encouraged to use AI for our work.

To be honest it was just a very generic email confirming what time I'll be in the office tomorrow. I could have honestly drafted my own bur I was just trying it. This is why I'm annoyed with myself.

Lol, no luckily my prompt wasn't included. Just ChatGPT's little prompt responses. Why do they include those, anyway?!

Can I ask why?

If you're sometimes encouraged to use AI what on earth are you worrying about?