Compare privacy rights governance provisions between OpenAI and Anthropic. Provisions are extracted from monitored governance documents and classified by severity.
This provision establishes OpenAI's default authorization to use submitted Content for service improvement and product development, while creating carve-outs for enterprise and API customers. The opt-out mechanism allows individual users to restrict use of their Content for model training purposes, affecting how user-generated data flows into OpenAI's product development processes.
Consumer impact
Users operate under a default authorization permitting OpenAI to use their Content for service maintenance and new product development. Users who wish to restrict use of their Content specifically for model training may opt out through designated mechanisms, but the terms authorize continued use for other specified purposes unless the user exercises the opt-out option.
Opt-out available
No opt-out available
Actual clause text
We may use Content to provide, maintain, and improve our Services and to develop new products and services. We won't use Content from ChatGPT Team, ChatGPT Enterprise, or our API (outside of our models) to train our models. If you don't want us to use your Content to train our models, you can opt out by following the instructions in our Help Center or by visiting our privacy portal.
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This provision means that even users who opt out of training cannot fully prevent their conversation data from being used in AI model development under certain circumstances, which has implications for personal data shared in conversations.
Consumer impact
Your conversation content, including sensitive personal information you may share, can be used to train Anthropic's AI models by default, and opting out does not cover situations where you submit feedback or your content triggers a safety review.
Opt-out available
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Actual clause text
We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and to develop other products and services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to us regarding any Materials, or (2) your Materials are flagged for safety review to improve our ability to detect harmful content, enforce our policies, or advance our safety research.
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The Department of Defense designated Anthropic a supply chain risk after the company refused to rem…
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