Researcher alleges OpenAI trained on user conversations, then claimed a breakthrough
ColinWright · hn · 2026-09-10
A Hacker News discussion centers on an allegation (posted on Bluesky) that OpenAI trained or fine-tuned on user conversations and then presented the resulting gains as a genuine capability breakthrough. Commenters debate evaluation integrity and the practice of buying benchmark points with data. OpenAI has not officially responded; the claim remains unverified.
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