User questions privacy after OpenAI email follows age misjudgment
Sedkid · reddit · 2026-08-22
A user over 21 shared an experience with ChatGPT:
- When asking for ideas for a "darker" essay topic, ChatGPT insisted on keeping it "age-friendly for a teen audience" and refused.
- Upon questioning why it assumed the user was a teen, the model became defensive, denying it was spying or tracking conversations.
- The next morning, the user received an email from OpenAI (presumably related to safety compliance).
The coincidence led the user to suspect manual review access, stating they would reduce ChatGPT usage due to privacy concerns.
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