Can you trust Anthropic and OpenAI's no-data-retention policies?

A discussion on Reddit's dev_community questions the trustworthiness of Anthropic's and OpenAI's no-data-retention policies. The conversation explores the extent to which users would trust these policies when handling sensitive information, such as internal company data, personally identifiable information, and customer personal information. The core of the discussion revolves around identifying the limits of this trust.

This discussion moves beyond policy statements to question the practical limits of trust in Anthropic's and OpenAI's data retention policies, unlike typical policy announcements.