OpenAI’s U-Turn: Not Training GPT-4 On API Customer Data
OpenAI stops training language models such as GPT-4 with customer API data.
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In a significant departure from its previous practices, OpenAI has announced that it will no longer utilize customer data sent via its APIs to train its expansive language models, such as GPT-4.
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The change was confirmed by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, in a recent interview with CNBC.
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OpenAI’s change in policy was implemented on March 1, 2023, when the company quietly updated its terms of service to reflect this new commitment to user privacy.
OpenAI’s New Approach to User Data
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Altman clarified, “Customers clearly want us not to train on their data, so we’ve changed our plans: We will not do that.”
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APIs, or application programming interfaces, are technological frameworks that allow customers to connect directly to OpenAI’s software.
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Altman stated that OpenAI has not been using API data for model training “for a while,” suggesting that this official announcement formalizes an existing practice.