GoKawiilUsers report OpenAI's Codex silently re-enabled model training toggle
A developer reported that OpenAI's Codex tool had its 'Improve the model for everyone' data-sharing setting turned back on without their knowledge, despite having previously disabled it. Coworkers confirmed the same issue, and the poster noted the setting can be checked and disabled via OpenAI's data-controls and privacy pages. Other users on Hacker News had flagged similar behavior before.
GoKawiil's interpretation of the reporting above, not reported fact.
For companies worried about leaking proprietary code through AI coding assistants, an opt-out setting reverting on its own undermines trust in how prompt data is handled. The report, posted by an individual developer rather than confirmed by OpenAI, suggests the issue could be a bug or a platform update affecting multiple users rather than a single account glitch.
- A user found Codex's data-sharing opt-out had been silently reset to enabled
- Multiple coworkers reportedly saw the same setting change without consent
- Prior Hacker News reports suggest this may be a recurring, unresolved issue
Source: news.ycombinator.com, 2026-11-03
Published there as: “OpenAI seems to be silently re-enabling model training on Codex chats”
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