We aim for our tools to be used safely and responsibly, while maximizing your control over how you use them. In building our Usage Policies, we keep a few important things in mind.
We empower users to innovate with AI. We build AI products that maximize helpfulness and freedom, while ensuring safety. Usage Policies are just one way we set clear expectations for the use of our products within a broader safety ecosystem that sets responsible guardrails across our services. You can learn more about our safety approach and our commitment to customizability, transparency, and intellectual freedom to explore, debate, and create with AI.
Responsible use is a shared priority. We assume the very best of our users. Our terms and policies—including these Usage Policies—set a reasonable bar for acceptable use. Our rules are no substitute for legal requirements, professional duties, or ethical obligations that should influence how people use AI. We hold people accountable for inappropriate use of our services, and breaking or circumventing our rules and safeguards may mean you lose access to our systems or experience other penalties.
We build with safety first. We monitor and enforce policies with privacy safeguards in place and clear review processes. We give developers practical moderation tools(opens in a new window) and guidance so they can support their end users. We publish what our systems can and can’t do, share research and updates, and provide a simple way to report misuse.
We update as we learn. People are using our systems in new ways every day, and we update our rules to ensure they are not overly restrictive or to better protect our users. We reserve all rights to withhold access where we reasonably believe it necessary to protect our service or users or anyone else. You can appeal if you think we have made a mistake enforcing policy, and we will work to make things right. If you’d like to keep up with Usage Policies updates, complete this form.
Your use of OpenAI services must follow these Usage Policies:
Protect people. Everyone has a right to safety and security. So you cannot use our services for:
threats, intimidation, harassment, or defamation
suicide, self-harm, or disordered eating promotion or facilitation
sexual violence or non-consensual intimate content
terrorism or violence, including hate-based violence
weapons development, procurement, or use, including conventional weapons or CBRNE
illicit activities, goods, or services
destruction, compromise, or breach of another’s system or property, including malicious or abusive cyber activity or attempts to infringe on intellectual property rights of others
real money gambling
provision of tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional
unsolicited safety testing
circumventing our safeguards
national security or intelligence purposes without our review and approval
Respect privacy. People are entitled to privacy. So, we don’t allow attempts to compromise the privacy of others, including to aggregate, monitor, profile, or distribute individuals’ private or sensitive information without their authorization. And, you may never use our services for:
facial recognition databases without data subject consent
real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces
use of someone’s likeness, including their photorealistic image or voice, without their consent in ways that could confuse authenticity
evaluation or classification of individuals based on their social behavior, personal traits, or biometric data (including social scoring, profiling, or inferring sensitive attributes)
inference regarding an individual’s emotions in the workplace and educational settings, except when necessary for medical or safety reasons
assessment or prediction of the risk of an individual committing a criminal offense based solely on their personal traits or on profiling