Turning off "improve the model for everyone" keeps your OpenAI chats out of training data
lreyzin · x · 2026-09-16
When a user asked whether OpenAI trains on chat logs, researcher Csaba Szepesvari clarified that the "improve the model for everyone" setting concerns data retention (so models can reference your past conversations in context). Per OpenAI's earlier confirmation, turning it off means your data does not become part of training data. The thread also touches on mathematicians' worries around OpenAI's claimed solutions to Navier-Stokes and other conjectures.
Related event: DeepMind Researcher Questions OpenAI's Data Privacy Settings(4 posts)→
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