“Mistral AI (the maker of Le Chat, now also referred to as Vibe) has offered an Incognito / Temporary Chat mode that addresses both:”
+ Incognito/Temporary Chat mode not saved in history
“Not saved in chat history: Temporary conversations don't appear in your normal conversation history.”
+ Incognito/Temporary Chat mode excluded from training
“Not used for training: These conversations are excluded from model training.”
+ Documented training opt-out setting
“Mistral officially documents this setting:”
− No Zero Data Retention for ordinary conversations
“Mistral's current documentation says ZDR is not available for ordinary Le Chat/Vibe conversations.”
− Conversations stored even after opting out
“One important caveat: Mistral says even after opting out, conversations are still stored until you manually delete them.”
− Feedback with comments treated as permission for model improvement
“It also treats thumbs-up/down feedback with comments as permission to use the associated conversation for model improvement.”
− Possible temporary data retention on servers
“Temporary processing: This does not necessarily mean that absolutely no data is retained on Mistral's servers.”