An artificial intelligence research company that develops and operates large language models and AI systems, including ChatGPT and GPT-4, which are used by millions of consumers worldwide for text generation, conversation, and various productivity tasks. The company's policies govern how user data is collected and used to train AI models, what content is permitted on their platforms, and the safety measures implemented to prevent harmful AI outputs, making their terms particularly significant given the personal and sensitive information users often share with AI assistants.
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This provision constitutes a disclosed residual risk at deployment, establishing that the model was released with known, documented safety limitations in audio modalities for which mitigations were n…
This provision constitutes an explicit documented disclosure of a known gap in content moderation coverage at the time of deployment. The absence of a designed mitigation for nonverbal harmful conten…
The provision establishes both an absolute prohibition on CSAM and minor exploitation use cases and a mandatory reporting practice to NCMEC, which has operational implications for how OpenAI monitors…
These prohibitions directly parallel several categories of prohibited AI practices under the EU AI Act, including social scoring by public authorities and biometric categorization for sensitive attri…
This provision establishes an absolute prohibition on several biometric processing use cases that parallel the EU AI Act's prohibited practices provisions, creating a contractual restriction that app…
This document lists the companies OpenAI shares your data with, what those companies do with it, and where in the world they process it. Your data may be handled by …
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This document governs how OpenAI handles your business data when you use its enterprise products or API. By default, OpenAI does not use your data to train its models, and …
This document sets out OpenAI's commitments to keeping its AI systems safe and responsible — including filtering harmful content, protecting private information, and enforcing child safety protections. OpenAI publishes system …
This document sets the rules for how OpenAI handles data that business customers provide when using its services. OpenAI can only use that data as the customer instructs, and cannot …
These terms set out what you can and cannot do when using OpenAI's Services, and what OpenAI can do with the content you provide. Key points for ordinary users include …
This agreement sets the rules for businesses using OpenAI's services: you own the outputs OpenAI generates for you, but you are responsible for everything your affiliates do under your account …
These terms set out the rules for using OpenAI's services, including what OpenAI will and won't cover if you or your business face a legal claim over AI-generated content. Key …
OpenAI's Usage Policies, updated October 29, 2025, define what users and developers may and may not do when using OpenAI products and services. The terms explicitly prohibit a range of …
These are OpenAI's individual user Terms of Use covering ChatGPT, DALL·E, and related consumer services, effective January 1, 2026. The agreement assigns Output ownership to users but authorizes OpenAI to …
This is OpenAI's US Privacy Policy covering ChatGPT and other consumer-facing services, describing what personal data OpenAI collects, how it uses that data, and what controls users have. The policy …
This is the GPT-4o System Card published by OpenAI, covering the safety evaluation, risk mitigation, and deployment assessment of GPT-4o, a multimodal AI model that processes text, audio, image, and …
This is OpenAI's privacy policy for users outside the United States. It explains what data OpenAI collects, how it uses and shares that data, and what choices you have — …
This is OpenAI's Acceptable Use Policy, which defines the categories of use that are prohibited across all OpenAI products and services as of October 29, 2025. The policy prohibits a …
OpenAI updated its Service Terms to add a new subsection on Prompt-to-Voice, a feature that generates synthetic speech from text. The updated terms require users to obtain express consent before …
View change record →OpenAI added two new sections to its Service Terms: Section 14 on Dots and Agentic Features, which establishes user responsibility for autonomous agents' actions, oversight obligations, and payment transactions; and …
View change record →OpenAI revised its privacy policy to remove references to Sora and Atlas browser features, while adding new disclosures about ad-related data collection for Free and Go users. The updated policy …
View change record →OpenAI added a new section to its Service Terms describing OpenAI Academy, a free learning hub for users of OpenAI products. The updated terms state that Academy use is governed …
View change record →OpenAI's privacy policy was reorganized with a table of contents and updated to clarify advertising practices. The policy now explicitly states that for Free and Go users, OpenAI personalizes ads …
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OpenAI expanded its data sharing terms to include third-party marketing partners. The updated policy authorizes the use of personal data fo…
872 provisions across 8 AI platforms. The terms your AI provider sets become the terms your product operates under.
Ad personalization controls removed. Contact scanning added. Advertiser data partnerships quietly dropped. A timeline of every change.
The bill does not regulate most AI startups directly. But it changes the companies they depend on. Here is what the first federal AI law wo…
H.R. 8094 would make the FTC the referee for AI model disclosure. It also names system cards as a way to comply, which turns a voluntary in…
ConductAtlas tracks 17 OpenAI documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.
OpenAI has made 10 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks, including 1 classified as high severity.
ConductAtlas has classified 88 provisions across OpenAI's tracked documents.
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