# Report says OpenAI contractors review anonymized consumer chats

_Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

404 Media reports that internal OpenAI documents describe contractors evaluating anonymized prompts and chats to improve the company's models. The report says model training is enabled by default for consumer plans and notes that chats can contain sensitive personal information. The supplied summary does not identify the scope of contractor access or the specific controls used for anonymization.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260914/p26#a260914p26)

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