FOI release

FOI2025-00038: Peter Kyle's ChatGPT history

Response to a freedom of information (FOI) request for an export of Peter Kyle's ChatGPT history

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP
• Published: 15 February 2025

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Response: Export of Peter Kyle's ChatGPT history

Ref: FOI2025-00038-Response

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Reference number	FOI2025-00038
Date of request	14 January 2025
Date of response	11 February 2025
Outcome	Information withheld

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (the department) received the following request for information which we responded to under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA):

The full history of Peter Kyle’s ChatGPT history, as obtained by exporting the data associated with the account by following OpenAI’s instructions for exporting history here: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/7260999-how-do-i-export-my-chatgpt-history-and-data

Given the secretary of state has said publicly he utilises ChatGPT in his role as tech secretary, there should be no exemptions applicable that this is not government data, even if the account in question is owned by the secretary of state personally: https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/tech-secretary-says-take-flack-ai-expansion-goes-wrong

Published 15 February 2025