You must be at least 13 years old or the minimum age required in your country to consent to use the Services. If you are under 18 you must have your parent or guardian's permission to use the Services.
Without a robust age verification system, minors may access the service in violation of these terms, exposing them to AI-generated content risks and creating COPPA liability for OpenAI if children's personal data is collected without verifiable parental consent.
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.'