OpenAI accused of banning innocent users while acting like a utility
Sam_Witteveen · x · 2026-09-06
Developer QuixiAI says OpenAI banned his account over suspected distillation, joking he only distills from Chinese models—leaving him unable to try Astra. He uses the incident to criticize OpenAI's contradiction: wanting to be treated as a public utility without the accountability that entails, banning innocent users with no justification, evidence, or recourse. He compares it to AWS cutting off accounts or power companies cutting electricity on a whim.
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