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AI Output Accuracy Disclaimer and No Liability for Model Errors

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

If ChatGPT generates false information about a real person — including you — OpenAI disclaims liability, which raises serious concerns about AI-generated defamation, inaccurate financial or medical advice, and the right to correct AI-generated falsehoods.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

OpenAI collects a wide range of personal data including your conversation content, device identifiers, location, and information from third-party sources, and may use this data to train its AI models. Users who do not opt out may have their personal conversations — including sensitive topics discussed with ChatGPT — incorporated into future model training. You can opt out of model training by going to your ChatGPT account Settings > Data Controls and disabling 'Improve the model for everyone.'

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These Terms are between you and Spotify USA Inc., 4 World Trade Center, 150 Greenwich Street, 62nd Floor, New York, NY, 10007... Spotify has no liability to you, nor any obligation to provide a refund to you, in connection with internet or other Spotify Service outages or failures that are caused by...

Calm Medium

the Services are provided for informational purposes only and are not intended, designed, or implied to diagnose, prevent, or treat any condition or disease, or to be a substitute for professional medical care

Amazon Medium

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, AMAZON DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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The outputs generated by our AI models may be inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated and may contain information about real people that is factually incorrect. You should not rely on AI-generated content as a substitute for professional advice. OpenAI does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any outputs and disclaims all liability for reliance on such outputs.

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Privacy Policy (ROW)
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OpenAI
Document last updated
March 5, 2026
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First tracked
March 10, 2026
Last verified
April 27, 2026
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CA-P-002442
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CA-D-00006
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ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: OpenAI | Document: Privacy Policy (ROW) | Record: CA-P-002442
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:38:17 UTC | SHA-256: f3c083059dff1a3f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/privacy-policy-row/ai-output-accuracy-disclaimer-and-no-liability-for-model-errors/
Accessed: May 4, 2026
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What does OpenAI's AI Output Accuracy Disclaimer and No Liability for Model Errors clause do?

If ChatGPT generates false information about a real person — including you — OpenAI disclaims liability, which raises serious concerns about AI-generated defamation, inaccurate financial or medical advice, and the right to correct AI-generated falsehoods.

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