Toggling off "improve mode" doesn't stop OpenAI from training on your data

RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-09

Toggling off OpenAI's "improve the model for everyone" switch apparently does not commit OpenAI to not training on your data. The reliable route is submitting a "do not train on my content" request via OpenAI's privacy portal — recommended especially if you're working on problems labs might solve within your lifetime.

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