Terms of Use

OpenAI · agreement dated January 1, 2026 · Official agreement

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Use & Processing · Company practice

OpenAI may use your Content to provide and improve the Services, comply with law, enforce terms and keep them safe

OpenAI may use your Content (Input and Output) to provide, maintain, develop and improve its Services, to comply with applicable law, to enforce its terms and policies, and to keep the Services safe. Using Content to train models is one form of this; a separate card explains that you can opt out of training use. If you use ChatGPT through Apple's integrations, the document points to a Help Center article (not supplied) for how your Content is handled in that case.

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We may use Content to provide, maintain, develop, and improve our Services, comply with applicable law, enforce our terms and policies, and keep our Services safe.
If you're using ChatGPT through Apple's integrations, see

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Purposes are listed: provide, maintain, develop and improve the Services; comply with law; enforce terms and policies; keep the Services safe.
  • You may opt out of training use of your Content (see the opt-out card); the other listed purposes are not stated to be affected by that choice.
  • Content handling through Apple's integrations is described in a linked article, not in this document.

Not stated here

  • The Apple-integration Help Center article was not supplied; how Content is handled in that case is not known from this source.
  • Retention periods and who inside or outside OpenAI may see Content are not stated here; the Privacy Policy is not part of these Terms.

Use & Processing · User right or choice

You can opt out of your Content being used to train models; it may reduce how well the Services fit your use

If you do not want OpenAI to use your Content to train its models, you can opt out by following the instructions in a linked article (not supplied). OpenAI notes that in some cases opting out may limit the Services' ability to better address your specific use case. The opt-out is about training; the other purposes for which OpenAI may use Content, such as providing the Services and keeping them safe, are stated separately.

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If you do not want us to use your Content to train our models, you can opt out by following the instructions in
Please note that in some cases this may limit the ability of our Services to better address your specific use case.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The opt-out covers use of Content to train models, not every use of Content listed in the preceding clause.
  • OpenAI warns that opting out may, in some cases, limit how well the Services address your specific use case.

Not stated here

  • The opt-out instructions are in a linked article that was not supplied; the mechanism and any limits (for example which products or past Content it covers) are not known from this source.

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