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CEO at OpenAI
I mean, I think a minimum is that users should be able to, to sort of opt out from having their data used by companies like ours or the social media companies. It should be easy to delete your data. I think those are, it should, but the thing that I think is important from my perspective running an AI company is that if you don't want your data used for training these systems you have the right to do that.
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Grant individuals the right to opt out of being included in AI training data
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AI Verified The quote directly supports the full statement: it explicitly says users should be able to opt out and that if they do not want their data used for training AI systems, they should have that right. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1d ago
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AI Verified The quote directly supports this: it says users "should be able to... opt out" and specifically that "if you don't want your data used for training these systems you have the right to do that." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1d ago

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AI Verified The provided TechPolicy.Press transcript contains this wording verbatim and attributes it to Sam Altman during Sen. Jon Ossoff’s questioning at the May 16, 2023 Senate hearing. The official GovInfo hearing record contains the same passage with only minor transcript normalization/punctuation differences, corroborating that the quote is authentic and correctly attributed. ([techpolicy.press](https://www.techpolicy.press/transcript-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-hearing-on-oversight-of-ai/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1d ago
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