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Disclaimer of AI Output Accuracy

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

This disclaimer transfers responsibility for AI output errors to users, meaning if you rely on inaccurate AI-generated medical, legal, or financial advice and suffer harm, OpenAI has contractually disclaimed liability for that harm.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

OpenAI's Terms of Use affect consumers primarily through data use provisions that permit OpenAI to use the content you submit — including prompts, conversations, and uploaded files — to improve and train its AI models. This creates a meaningful privacy consideration, particularly for users who share sensitive personal, professional, or business information with ChatGPT or other OpenAI products. You can opt out of having your data used for model training by navigating to your ChatGPT account settings and disabling the 'Improve the model for everyone' toggle under Data Controls.

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Our Services may provide inaccurate or incomplete information, and you should not rely on them as a sole source for legal, medical, financial, or other professional advice. Outputs generated by AI may be inaccurate or false, and it is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy of any output before relying on it.

Provision details

Document information
Document
OpenAI Terms of Use
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
April 29, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 10, 2026
Last verified
April 27, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002449
Document ID
CA-D-00009
Evidence Provenance
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Wayback Machine
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6ae7df627f8ff0f0434212dde1986e4d1bfced272b18d29c3cea01e80cf3dbb0
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How to Cite
ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: OpenAI | Document: OpenAI Terms of Use | Record: CA-P-002449
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:23:22 UTC | SHA-256: 6ae7df627f8ff0f0…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/openai-terms-of-use/disclaimer-of-ai-output-accuracy/
Accessed: May 4, 2026
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What does OpenAI's Disclaimer of AI Output Accuracy clause do?

This disclaimer transfers responsibility for AI output errors to users, meaning if you rely on inaccurate AI-generated medical, legal, or financial advice and suffer harm, OpenAI has contractually disclaimed liability for that harm.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with OpenAI?

No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by OpenAI.