Nathan Lambert: '0% chance' OpenAI or Anthropic researchers directly inspect user data

natolambert · x · 2026-09-08

AI researcher Nathan Lambert says there's a 0% chance researchers at OpenAI or Anthropic directly look at specific users' data, citing extreme internal controls — he recalls being at Meta where such behavior meant immediate firing. His comment responds to concerns that labs could 'scoop' users' work.

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