By default, your conversations with Claude can be used to train Anthropic's AI. You can opt out in account settings, but any conversation you rate (thumbs up or down) or that gets flagged for safety reasons can still be used for training even if you opted out.
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The opt-out does not provide a complete exclusion from model training; two specific categories of conversations remain eligible for training use regardless of the opt-out setting, which affects the practical scope of the privacy control offered.
Consumers who opt out of model training should be aware that conversations they rate using the feedback interface, or conversations flagged by Anthropic's safety systems, remain available for training use under these terms. The opt-out applies only to conversations that do not fall into these two categories.
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"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.Excerpt from Anthropic's Consumer Terms
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The opt-out does not provide a complete exclusion from model training; two specific categories of conversations remain eligible for training use regardless of the opt-out setting, which affects the practical scope of the privacy control offered.
Consumers who opt out of model training should be aware that conversations they rate using the feedback interface, or conversations flagged by Anthropic's safety systems, remain available for training use under these terms. The opt-out applies only to conversations that do not fall into these two categories.
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