{"slug": "tell-hn-openai-keeps-re-enabling-the-allow-training-setting", "title": "Tell HN: OpenAI keeps re-enabling the 'allow training' setting", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "| [Guidelines](newsguidelines.html) \\|[FAQ](newsfaq.html) \\|[Lists](lists) \\|[API](https://github.com/HackerNews/API) \\|[Security](security.html) \\|[Legal](https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/) \\|[Apply to YC](https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/) \\|[Contact](mailto:hn@ycombinator.com) | \n\n|  | **[Hacker News](news)**[new](newest) \\|[past](front) \\|[comments](newcomments) \\|[ask](ask) \\|[show](show) \\|[jobs](jobs) \\|[submit](submit) | [login](login?goto=item%3Fid%3D49643556) | \n\n|  |  | [Tell HN: OpenAI keeps re-enabling the 'allow training' setting](item?id=49643556) | \n|  |  | 38 points by [jacquesm](user?id=jacquesm)[27 minutes ago](item?id=49643556) \\|[hide](hide?id=49643556&goto=item%3Fid%3D49643556) \\|[past](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Tell%20HN%3A%20OpenAI%20keeps%20re-enabling%20the%20%27allow%20training%27%20setting&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0) \\|[favorite](fave?id=49643556) \\|[10 comments](item?id=49643556) | \n|  |  | 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. |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-openai-keeps-re-enabling-the-allow-training-setting", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643556", "published_at": "2026-09-10 13:39:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-10 14:08:06.215392+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Hacker News", "jacquesm"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-openai-keeps-re-enabling-the-allow-training-setting", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-openai-keeps-re-enabling-the-allow-training-setting.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-openai-keeps-re-enabling-the-allow-training-setting.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-openai-keeps-re-enabling-the-allow-training-setting.jsonld"}}