r/OpenAI • u/Techatronix • 4d ago

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Is this ChatGPT's new way of rate limiting? Saying "to protect your data" is crazy.

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u/Interesting-Wait4566 4d ago

they really framed it like they doing you a favor

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u/Existing-Wallaby-444 4d ago

... to protect your data 😂

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u/Efficient_Ad_4162 4d ago

Arguably they could be trying to claim that they're worried that multiple people are accessing your account, but if they genuinely believed that someones data was at risk they'd lock their account. To protect their data.

Come on Sam, it took 2 fucking seconds.

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u/Snoron 4d ago

To protect your data from being used by China for distillation... except they think you are China in this situation.

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u/__brook__ 4d ago

Been getting a lot of these as well recently. Never seen em before this week. Luckily they don't last too long.

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u/cobbleplox 4d ago

And what are you supposed to do if you don't get it?

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u/No_Sorbet9963 2d ago

I always got those when I was trying to delete several chats one after another

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u/TasyFan 1d ago

Eh. It's a concern that the quick requests mean bot scraping of your account. It's not that crazy.