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“Child safety”
“Partnering with governments to combat disinformation globally.”
“Private information”
“Improving transparency in AI content.”
“Rigorously evaluating content to avoid reinforcing biases or stereotypes.”
“We start by teaching our AI right from wrong, filtering harmful content and responding with empathy.”
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 cards to help users understand how its models work and works with outside experts and governments to improve its safeguards over time. Users can expect OpenAI to actively work toward greater transparency about AI-generated content.
This document establishes OpenAI's stated safety and responsible AI standards, encompassing content controls, bias evaluation, privacy protections, and transparency mechanisms. OpenAI commits to filtering harmful content and incorporating human values into AI policy training as foundational elements of model development prior to deployment. The document establishes transparency obligations through the publication of system cards and ongoing improvements to AI-generated content disclosure. OpenAI frames its safeguard development as a continuous, iterative process combining internal evaluations and external expert testing, and situates its harm-reduction efforts within coordinated relationships with governments, industry leaders, and policymakers.
For individual users, this document means OpenAI maintains protections for private information, enforces child safety standards, and actively filters harmful content as part of how its AI systems are trained — not just as an after-the-fact filter. OpenAI publishes system cards, giving users a stated channel to access transparency information about its models. Users also have a basis to expect that OpenAI continues to improve disclosure around AI-generated content over time.
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“Child safety”
“Partnering with governments to combat disinformation globally.”
“Private information”
“Improving transparency in AI content.”
“Rigorously evaluating content to avoid reinforcing biases or stereotypes.”
“We start by teaching our AI right from wrong, filtering harmful content and responding with empathy.”
“Human values”
“We conduct internal evaluations and work with experts to test real-world scenarios, enhancing our safeguards.”
“Every day is a chance to make things better. And every step helps anticipate, evaluate, and prevent risk.”
“OpenAI Policies”
“System cards”
Every distinct legal provision identified in this document. Featured provisions appear above with analysis.
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