You must comply with our Usage Policies when using the Services. You may not use the Services in any way that violates applicable laws, infringes intellectual property rights, generates harmful content, or circumvents our safety systems.
Violating these prohibitions can result in immediate account suspension or termination without notice, and OpenAI retains broad discretion to determine what constitutes a violation, meaning users risk losing access to paid services without clear recourse.
OpenAI's Terms of Use affect consumers primarily through the default permission for OpenAI to use conversation data — including prompts and AI outputs — to improve its AI models, which means sensitive or personal information shared with ChatGPT may be retained and analyzed beyond the immediate session. Minors under 13 are prohibited from using the services, and those aged 13–17 require verifiable parental consent, but the adequacy of age verification mechanisms is not detailed in the terms themselves. You can opt out of having your conversations used for model training by navigating to your ChatGPT account settings and disabling the 'Improve the model for everyone' toggle.