AI and Human rights. End user data control is the battlefield OpenAi must win

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As AI becomes more integrated into our lives, platforms like OpenAI face significant technical, legal, and operational challenges in giving users the rights to delete, transfer, and control their data. Overcoming these barriers won’t be easy, but doing so would position OpenAI as a leader in ethical AI development at a time when users are increasingly aware of their digital rights.

If OpenAI can strike the right balance between user control and innovation, it has the potential to build unparalleled trust and loyalty among its users. This would not only secure its position as a responsible AI innovator but could set the standard for the industry. Ultimately, the first brand to crack this issue will lead the AI market for generations to come.

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HI, I appreciate its not an easy fix, but complicated as it may be, the first to begin to take this seriously will win the future. So that’s the commercial rational for Open Ai to continue to lead in protecting individuals data.

And consider working this around a very simple Human Right for individuals and organizations to have clear and transparent opt out options:

Any user should have the essential right to, delete, transfer or sell their data or IP generated using an AI tool. Unless they choose to opt out, in return for free usage. Or perhaps a user fee as users are training the platform.

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I agree with your points and appreciate your feedback.

Sam

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You’re right! AI and human rights are deeply connected, especially when it comes to data privacy. Controlling how end-user data is handled is critical, and OpenAI, along with other AI companies, must prioritize this. Ensuring transparency, user consent, and secure data practices is key to building trust and aligning AI development with human rights. If OpenAI can lead in this area, it could set a new standard for responsible AI use across the industry.

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Totally!
If a great brand is all about how it makes you feel, and if we process and value brands in the same way we humans interact with each other, then the holy grail is “Trust.”
So Trust is the single most critical factor, and it will become the defining battlefield for all AIs in the future. The future is always won by those who build lifetime loyalty through trust.

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Totally!
If a great brand is all about how it makes you feel, and if we process and value brands in the same way we humans interact with each other, then the holy grail is “Trust.”
So Trust is the single most critical factor, and it will become the defining battlefield for all AIs in the future. The future is always won by those who build lifetime loyalty through trust.

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Trust is the only barrier brands who are moving toward’s the AGI we all want and need. OpenAi will get there ( we mortals are for the most part all cheering you on ) - but equally - OpenAI will also have to re write the textbooks on how Brands build and maintain TRUST in the minds of the collective consumers everywhere.

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Forgive my ignorance, but both ChatGPT Team and Enterprise as well as the API all promise to never use your data for training. ChatGPT Plus also allows you to opt-out of “improving models”, aka having chats used as training data.

What else are you asking for?

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I understand that you can opt out of training. But thats not my point or a valuable goal. The more diverse the humans who do choose to enable their interactions for training purposes the better. My point is simply that it should be considered a Human Right to have sufficient control of all my IP, and personal data to , delete, transfer, or sell - real time, any time and for any reason.

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So, you are basically describing GDPR.

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Wow, yes—GDPR is law in Europe, so why isn’t it working for consumers? If the global collective consumer base for AI is currently around 1% of the 8 billion of us, that’s about the same number of people who buy a specialised coffee each morning on the way to work. Coincidence? I doubt it. My guess is they’re probably the same people. And that speaks volumes about the lack of diversity in the data these APIs are being trained on.

Now, don’t get me wrong—I enjoy a good flat white as much as the next person, but do we really want an AGI built solely on the whims of the few who sip almond-milk lattes every morning? Especially when 40% of humanity—i.e., the Chinese and Indians—are far more likely to start their day with a cup of tea!

Two takeaways here: 1) The market is vast, 99% of eight Billion is a big potential market. And 2) AGI, by definition, must serve all of humanity—not just a narrow slice of human experience, like those who drink artisanal coffee every morning. As APIs evolve toward AGI, trust will be the real barrier. Data rights should be seen as fundamental human rights—the right to delete, transfer, or sell my data at any time, for any reason.

After all, I’d like to think I have more control over my data than I do over the temperature of my overpriced morning brew, regardless of how many ways it can be prepared. Here’s the thing: when I visit my doctor, my medical history belongs to me. I control who sees it, how it’s used, and when and how it can be shared. That’s a right we all take for granted because our cultural awareness of personal information has evolved to protect us.

But in today’s digital world, and perhaps since conscious like sparked into being, our physical selves represent just a fraction of who we actualy are. My thoughts, my intellectual property, my mind—that’s ME, I am not just my physical shell (thank goodness). And yet, my digital data, which represents the essence of who I am, doesn’t yet get the same level of protection.

Long before we reach AGI we will I am confident , we will evolve this awareness, because without it, you guys cant effectively build toward it!

My plea is specifically to OpenAI: be the first to look over the parapet, see the wood for the trees, and smell the coffee. Recognize that data rights are not just about privacy, but about autonomy, identity, and the very future of human dignity in a digital age.