Source and scope: Adapted from Don Long's first-person essay, “My AI Interviewed Me. It Learned Too Much,” dated July 27, 2026. The Cora interview, percentages, and comparison between two AI setups are the author's account and informal observation, not independently verified findings or a controlled test. The piece makes no claim about how other AI systems handle memory. Editorial status: Draft for author review. Do not change to published without approval.
My AI Interviewed Me. It Learned Too Much.
An eight-question interview gave Don Long something more powerful than a better prompt: a system that could use his own history to argue against him.

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