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Tell HN: OpenAI keeps re-enabling the 'allow training' setting

Hacker News user jacquesm reported that OpenAI keeps re-enabling the "allow training" setting after users turn it off, saying they reset it more than once and found it re-enabled when checking again. The post, which drew 38 points and 10 comments, urged users who believe the setting is off to verify it has not been re-enabled.

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| | | 38 points by jacquesm27 minutes ago |hide |past |favorite |10 comments | | | | I've reset this more than once and the last time I made a careful note of when I did it and to my surprise I found it re-enabled when I checked just now. Make sure you check this thing to see if it hasn't been re-enabled if you believe it to be off right now. |

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