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OpenAI walks back Daybreak Blue training plan for personal accounts

OpenAI reversed course hours after telling Daybreak Blue users on personal accounts that no opt-out from model improvement would apply starting November 29th, sending a second notice promising a separate opt-out for Daybreak sessions. The second notification also said interactions flagged for safety review may still be used for safety purposes, including work to keep advanced cyber capabilities from being used for harm, with more detail to come closer to November 29th. API access for individuals still ends on November 20th, pushing researchers who need programmatic access toward business accounts.

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OpenAI walks back Daybreak Blue training plan for personal accounts
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A later notice promises a separate opt-out for personal accounts, while API access for individuals still ends on November 20th.

        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)
        · Published 

Primary source: [OpenAI Help Center](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/7730893-data-controls-in-chatgpt)

Why it matters #

Daybreak Blue sessions can contain unpatched vulnerabilities, exploit proofs of concept, and incident data. Whether personal-account researchers can keep that material out of model improvement determines whether the program stays usable for independent security work, and the November 20th API cutoff pushes those who need programmatic access toward business accounts.

OpenAI told Daybreak Blue users on personal accounts that they will get a separate way to opt out of model improvement for Daybreak sessions, hours after first telling them that no such opt-out would apply from November 29th.

Interactions flagged for safety review may still be used for safety purposes, including work intended to stop the advanced cyber capabilities from being used for harm, according to the second notification sent to users. OpenAI said more detail would come closer to November 29th.…

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