Gary Marcus amplifies question: what exactly does OpenAI commit to when you toggle this setting off?

GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-09

Gary Marcus retweeted Elliot Glazer's open question about an OpenAI setting: what exactly does OpenAI commit to when a user turns it off? The thread traces back to thomasahle asking markchen90 what the setting actually does. No answer is given, but the exchange highlights growing scrutiny of OpenAI's opaque settings semantics — users can't tell how behavior or data handling changes when they opt out.

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