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OpenAI's model development is fueled in part by publicly available internet data, meaning publicly posted information may be incorporated into its models.
Information you have made publicly available on the internet may be collected by OpenAI and used to develop its models.
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telemetry information collected includes: (i) microservice settings, (ii) usage data and (iii) hardware environment.
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"We also collect information from other sources, like information that is publicly available on the internet, to develop the models that power our Services.Excerpt from OpenAI's Privacy Policy (ROW)
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OpenAI's model development is fueled in part by publicly available internet data, meaning publicly posted information may be incorporated into its models.
Information you have made publicly available on the internet may be collected by OpenAI and used to develop its models.
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