ChatGPT knows which country I'm in, despite conversation memory set to 'off'

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nomilk

3 hours ago


7 comments

43920 3 minutes ago

I think it may be linked to the Bing integration. If I ask about my location in a new conversation, I don't get back anything. But if I start with your example query, and then follow up with "is it available where I am?", I get

> To determine if Stripe Connect is available where you are, could you let me know your country? If you prefer, I can also look up Stripe's support availability based on the country linked to your query.

[me] yes, do that

> Yes, Stripe Connect is available in [my country], including [my city].

mujtabachang an hour ago

The system prompt contains some IP geolocation and current date and some other details to let ChatGPT up to date

timermore 40 minutes ago

Definitely IP geolocation.

_sys49152 3 hours ago

ive gotten it once to tell me the closest mcdonalds im near. havent been able to get it to do it since.

apothegm 3 hours ago

Probably just using IP geolocation.

  • nomilk 3 hours ago

    Kinda wild. Wasn't expecting that at all. Also, when I questioned it, it denied knowing (very gas-lighty!):

    https://imgur.com/mpZ3xaW