You retain your ownership rights in your Content. We assign to you all right, title, and interest we may have in Output. You represent and warrant that your Content does not infringe, misappropriate, or violate a third party's rights.
While the ownership grant sounds user-friendly, the warranty that AI outputs don't infringe third-party rights places the copyright infringement risk squarely on users, despite the fact that the AI model — not the user — generates the content.
OpenAI's Terms of Use give the company a broad license to use content you submit — including your conversations with ChatGPT — to train and improve its AI models, which means your personal inputs could influence future AI behavior at scale. The mandatory arbitration clause and class action waiver significantly limit your ability to seek collective legal remedies if something goes wrong, a provision that may surprise many everyday users. You can opt out of having your data used for model training by going to Settings > Data Controls in your ChatGPT account and disabling 'Improve the model for everyone.'