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OpenAI contractors review anonymized user chats; training on by default for consumer plans

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Internal OpenAI documents obtained by 404 Media reveal that contractors evaluate anonymized user prompts and chats to improve models, with model training enabled by default for consumer plans. The chats may contain sensitive personal information, raising privacy concerns.

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  1. Techmeme

    Joseph Cox / 404 Media : Internal OpenAI docs detail contractors evaluating anonymized prompts and chats to improve the models; model training is turned on by default for consumer plans — Humans are reading ChatGPT users' prompts to improve OpenAI's models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information …