Without a currently-implausible level of trust in a whole bunch of models, people, and companies to understand how and when to use privileged information and be able to execute it, removing the New Chat button would be a de factor ban on LLM use in some businesses, including mine (consulting). The fact that Chemical Company A asked a question about X last month is very important information that I’m not allowed to use when answering Chemical Company B’s new question about the future of X, and also I’m not allowed to tell the model where either question came from or why I asked them and I have to remember every piece of information that I need to tell it not to use. Also, at least at current capability levels, “Open five chat windows and try different versions of a prompt” is actually a useful strategy for me that disappears if companies make that interface change.
Without a currently-implausible level of trust in a whole bunch of models, people, and companies to understand how and when to use privileged information and be able to execute it, removing the New Chat button would be a de factor ban on LLM use in some businesses, including mine (consulting). The fact that Chemical Company A asked a question about X last month is very important information that I’m not allowed to use when answering Chemical Company B’s new question about the future of X, and also I’m not allowed to tell the model where either question came from or why I asked them and I have to remember every piece of information that I need to tell it not to use. Also, at least at current capability levels, “Open five chat windows and try different versions of a prompt” is actually a useful strategy for me that disappears if companies make that interface change.