The policy prohibits using OpenAI services for real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces, building facial recognition databases without data subject consent, and evaluating or classifying individuals based on biometric data, social behavior, or personal traits including social scoring and profiling.
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This provision establishes a categorical prohibition on a class of AI applications that regulatory frameworks including the EU AI Act designate as prohibited practices, creating a policy-level alignment with regulatory requirements that API customers and developers must independently satisfy under applicable law.
Introduces explicit biometric surveillance and synthetic media restrictions, reflecting heightened concern for privacy in real-time identification and deepfake scenarios.
View full change record →This provision establishes that OpenAI services may not be used to build systems that identify individuals in public spaces via biometrics in real time, create facial recognition databases, or score or profile individuals based on personal traits or social behavior without their authorization.
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Compare across platforms →"Respect privacy. People are entitled to privacy. So, we don't allow attempts to compromise the privacy of others, including to aggregate, monitor, profile, or distribute individuals' private or sensitive information without their authorization. And, you may never use our services for: facial recognition databases without data subject consent real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces use of someone's likeness, including their photorealistic image or voice, without their consent in ways that could confuse authenticity evaluation or classification of individuals based on their social behavior, personal traits, or biometric data (including social scoring, profiling, or inferring sensitive attributes)Excerpt from OpenAI's Usage Policies
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages the EU AI Act's list of prohibited AI practices, which includes real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces and AI systems used for social scoring by public …
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This provision establishes a categorical prohibition on a class of AI applications that regulatory frameworks including the EU AI Act designate as prohibited practices, creating a policy-level alignment with regulatory requirements that API customers and developers must independently satisfy under applicable law.
This provision establishes that OpenAI services may not be used to build systems that identify individuals in public spaces via biometrics in real time, create facial recognition databases, or score or profile individuals based on personal traits or social behavior without their authorization.
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