Vals AI Vals AI Chatbot Use Research Study

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Share your chatbot conversations

1. Upload your chat history

We accept chat history from these 6 chatbots only: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok and Meta AI.

  1. Ask for a copy of your chats. Click a chatbot below to see how. Use your personal account, not a work one.
  2. Wait for the file. The chatbot emails you a link, usually within a few minutes. Sometimes it takes longer: see the rough estimates next to each chatbot below.
  3. Upload the file here. Don't open or unzip it first. Used more than one chatbot? Add each file, one after another.

Nothing is sent until you press Submit in the next step, and only the chats you choose.

See the step-by-step guide with pictures
ChatGPTUsually a few minutes, up to 7 days
  1. Open Data controls (Settings, then Data controls) in the app or on the website.
  2. Tap Export data, then Confirm export.
  3. Wait for the email from OpenAI (check spam too). It can take up to 7 days.
  4. In the email, tap Download data export within 24 hours, before the link stops working.
  5. Upload that file here. If it opened into a folder, upload the files inside whose names start with conversations.
ClaudeUsually a few minutes, up to 12 hours
  1. Open Privacy (Settings, then Privacy) in a web browser or the desktop app. The phone app can't export.
  2. Tap Export data, choose All, then Export, and wait for the email.
  3. Download from the email within 24 hours. If you get a small file with a list of links instead of your chats, open it and download the files whose names start with conversations.
  4. Upload the conversations file(s) here.
GeminiUsually same day, up to a few days
  1. Open Google Takeout with the Google account you use for Gemini, and click Deselect all.
  2. Check My Activity. Click All activity data included, then Deselect all, check only Gemini Apps and click OK. Click Multiple formats, set Activity records to JSON and click OK.
  3. Click Next step, keep "Send download link via email", "Export once" and ".zip", then Create export.
  4. When the email arrives, click Download your files and upload that file here. The link lasts 7 days.
Microsoft CopilotRight away
  1. Open Copilot privacy and sign in with your personal Microsoft account.
  2. Under Copilot apps, click Export all activity history.
  3. A file downloads straight away. Upload it here.
GrokUsually a few minutes
  1. Open Data Controls (on grok.com: Settings, then Data Controls).
  2. Next to Export Account Data, click Export.
  3. On the xAI account page that opens, click Download next to Download account data.
  4. Upload the file you get.
Meta AIUsually same day, up to a few days
  1. Open Download your information, click Create export and choose Export to device.
  2. Choose Customize information. Under Profile information, click Clear all. Under AI apps and supervision settings, click Clear all, then check only Meta AI profile. Leave Data logs unselected and click Save.
  3. Set Date range to All time (or what you're comfortable with) and Format to JSON, then start the export.
  4. When Meta says it's ready, go back to the same page and click Download next to the JSON export under Available downloads (within 4 days). Upload that file here.
Using a phone, or having trouble?
  • On a phone, downloaded files are in the Files app (iPhone) or Downloads (Android). Look there when you choose a file below.
  • If an iPhone shows the download as a folder, open it and upload the conversations file inside.
  • No email yet? Check your spam folder. If the link stopped working, ask the chatbot for a new copy.
  • Uploaded the wrong file? Press Remove next to it and add the right one.
  • Don't want to share some chats? You'll choose exactly which ones in the next step.
  • Still stuck? Email chatstudy@vals.ai and we'll help.