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SinexTitan: now including 4o my beloved

2026-03-19T22:27:12Z

now including 4o my beloved

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	==Products==		==Products==

			=== DALL-E models: ===

			=== GPT models: ===

			* [[ChatGPT-4o]]

			=== Sora models: ===

			=== Misc.:<!-- Placeholder. --> ===
	*[[ChatGPT]]		*[[ChatGPT]]
	*DALL-E models
	*GPT models
	*Sora models
	*ChatGPT Atlas		*ChatGPT Atlas

	==See also==		==See also==

	* [[Anthropic]]		*[[Anthropic]]

	==References==		==References==

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	'''{{wplink\|OpenAI}}'''<ref>[https://openai.com/ OpenAI Landing Page]</ref> is an American [[Artificial intelligence]] (AI) focused company. Founded in December 2015, OpenAI is best known their [[ChatGPT]] chatbot, also known for the Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT) family of large language models, the DALL-E series of text-to-image models, and Sora, a text-to-video model. With a reported revenue of $10B in FY2025 <ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|date=10 Jun 2025 \|title=OpenAI's annualized revenue hits $10 billion, up from $5.5 billion in December 2024 \|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250610051847/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|archive-date=2025-06-10 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Reuters}}</ref> and approximately 5.5B visitors per month<ref>[https://www.semrush.com/website/chatgpt.com/overview/ ChatGPT monthly traffic] </ref>, OpenAI has positioned itself has a leader in the Generative AI industry. <!-- This article is a work of progress as of 8/13/25, Feel free to edit it to your heart's content, of course. This is my first article on a site like this. -->		'''{{wplink\|OpenAI}}'''<ref>[https://openai.com/ OpenAI Landing Page] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260217225454/https://openai.com/ Archived])</ref> is an American [[Artificial intelligence]] (AI) focused company. Founded in December 2015, OpenAI is best known their [[ChatGPT]] chatbot, also known for the Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT) family of large language models, the DALL-E series of text-to-image models, and Sora, a text-to-video model. With a reported revenue of $10B in FY2025 <ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|date=10 Jun 2025 \|title=OpenAI's annualized revenue hits $10 billion, up from $5.5 billion in December 2024 \|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250610051847/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|archive-date=2025-06-10 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Reuters}}</ref> and approximately 5.5B visitors per month<ref>[https://www.semrush.com/website/chatgpt.com/overview/ ChatGPT monthly traffic] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260114194134/https://www.semrush.com/website/chatgpt.com/overview/ Archived])</ref>, OpenAI has positioned itself has a leader in the Generative AI industry. <!-- This article is a work of progress as of 8/13/25, Feel free to edit it to your heart's content, of course. This is my first article on a site like this. -->
	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==
	{{Ph-C-CIS}}		{{Ph-C-CIS}}
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	===Web Crawlers ignoring robots.txt (2025)===		===Web Crawlers ignoring robots.txt (2025)===
	In 2025, Jonathan Bailey from PlagiarismToday posted an article going into how ChatGPTs web crawlers were ignoring the sites Robots.txt file.<ref>https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/07/23/chatgpt-ignores-robots-txt-rehashes-my-column/</ref> PlaigarismToday had blocked OpenAI's web crawlers in August of 2023, yet the latest ChatGPT model at the time provided data from articles that were posted the day before on the website, even though OpenAI wasn't supposed to be scraping these web pages. This can be problematic for smaller websites, due to OpenAI's aggressive approach to web crawling, with their crawlers reportedly in a single week sending in more than 29 thousand requests to a wiki known as The Cutting Room Floor.		In 2025, Jonathan Bailey from PlagiarismToday posted an article going into how ChatGPTs web crawlers were ignoring the sites Robots.txt file.<ref>https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/07/23/chatgpt-ignores-robots-txt-rehashes-my-column/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260106080839/https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/07/23/chatgpt-ignores-robots-txt-rehashes-my-column/ Archived])</ref> PlaigarismToday had blocked OpenAI's web crawlers in August of 2023, yet the latest ChatGPT model at the time provided data from articles that were posted the day before on the website, even though OpenAI wasn't supposed to be scraping these web pages. This can be problematic for smaller websites, due to OpenAI's aggressive approach to web crawling, with their crawlers reportedly in a single week sending in more than 29 thousand requests to a wiki known as The Cutting Room Floor.

	===ChatGPT Atlas and prompt-injection vulnerability (2025)===		===ChatGPT Atlas and prompt-injection vulnerability (2025)===
	In 2025, Brave posted an article about vulnerabilities that have agentic web browsers, such as ChatGPT Atlas, that consists of adding hidden malicious prompts in files, text or another media. Those prompts, combined with weak safeguards of the AI agents, can make them to expose and leak sensitive data of the user.<ref>https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/PromptInjection</ref>		In 2025, Brave posted an article about vulnerabilities that have agentic web browsers, such as ChatGPT Atlas, that consists of adding hidden malicious prompts in files, text or another media. Those prompts, combined with weak safeguards of the AI agents, can make them to expose and leak sensitive data of the user.<ref>https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/PromptInjection ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260210124436/https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/PromptInjection Archived])</ref>

	==Products==		==Products==

AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: /* Web Crawlers ignoring robots.txt (2025) */ -discord link

2026-02-22T16:26:03Z

Web Crawlers ignoring robots.txt (2025): -discord link

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	===Web Crawlers ignoring robots.txt (2025)===		===Web Crawlers ignoring robots.txt (2025)===
	In 2025, Jonathan Bailey from PlagiarismToday posted an article going into how ChatGPTs web crawlers were ignoring the sites Robots.txt file.<ref>https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/07/23/chatgpt-ignores-robots-txt-rehashes-my-column/</ref> PlaigarismToday had blocked OpenAI's web crawlers in August of 2023, yet the latest ChatGPT model at the time provided data from articles that were posted the day before on the website, even though OpenAI wasn't supposed to be scraping these web pages. This can be problematic for smaller websites, due to OpenAI's aggressive approach to web crawling, with their crawlers reportedly in a single week sending in more than 29 thousand requests to a wiki known as The Cutting Room Floor.~~<ref>https://discord.com/channels/386543982399979531/386553674932944899/1386485774220001310 (Message link from The Cutting Room Floor's official Discord server)</ref>~~		In 2025, Jonathan Bailey from PlagiarismToday posted an article going into how ChatGPTs web crawlers were ignoring the sites Robots.txt file.<ref>https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/07/23/chatgpt-ignores-robots-txt-rehashes-my-column/</ref> PlaigarismToday had blocked OpenAI's web crawlers in August of 2023, yet the latest ChatGPT model at the time provided data from articles that were posted the day before on the website, even though OpenAI wasn't supposed to be scraping these web pages. This can be problematic for smaller websites, due to OpenAI's aggressive approach to web crawling, with their crawlers reportedly in a single week sending in more than 29 thousand requests to a wiki known as The Cutting Room Floor.

	===ChatGPT Atlas and prompt-injection vulnerability (2025)===		===ChatGPT Atlas and prompt-injection vulnerability (2025)===

SinexTitan: /* See also */ Anthropic

2026-02-22T16:06:15Z

ChaoticDev: Added in a section about the companies crawling habits and added in a missing reference.

2026-02-22T12:24:25Z

Added in a section about the companies crawling habits and added in a missing reference.

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	This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].		This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

			=== Web Crawlers ignoring robots.txt (2025) ===
			In 2025, Jonathan Bailey from PlagiarismToday posted an article going into how ChatGPTs web crawlers were ignoring the sites Robots.txt file.<ref>https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/07/23/chatgpt-ignores-robots-txt-rehashes-my-column/</ref> PlaigarismToday had blocked OpenAI's web crawlers in August of 2023, yet the latest ChatGPT model at the time provided data from articles that were posted the day before on the website, even though OpenAI wasn't supposed to be scraping these web pages. This can be problematic for smaller websites, due to OpenAI's aggressive approach to web crawling, with their crawlers reportedly in a single week sending in more than 29 thousand requests to a wiki known as The Cutting Room Floor.<ref>https://discord.com/channels/386543982399979531/386553674932944899/1386485774220001310 (Message link from The Cutting Room Floor's official Discord server)</ref>

	=== ChatGPT Atlas and prompt-injection vulnerability (2025) ===		=== ChatGPT Atlas and prompt-injection vulnerability (2025) ===
	In 2025, Brave posted an article about vulnerabilities that have agentic web browsers, such as ChatGPT Atlas, that consists of adding hidden malicious prompts in files, text or another media. Those prompts, combined with weak safeguards of the AI agents, can make them to expose and leak sensitive data of the user. ~~{{Citation needed}}~~		In 2025, Brave posted an article about vulnerabilities that have agentic web browsers, such as ChatGPT Atlas, that consists of adding hidden malicious prompts in files, text or another media. Those prompts, combined with weak safeguards of the AI agents, can make them to expose and leak sensitive data of the user.<ref>https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/PromptInjection</ref>

	~~=== Example incident two (''date'') ===~~
	...

	==Products==		==Products==

	*[[ChatGPT]]		*[[ChatGPT]]
	*DALL-E models		*DALL-E models

ClippyWantsToHelp: /* Example incident one (date) */

2026-02-16T05:34:58Z

Example incident one (date)

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	This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].		This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

	=== ~~Example incident one~~ (~~''date''~~) ===		=== ChatGPT Atlas and prompt-injection vulnerability (2025) ===
	~~{{Main\|link to the main~~ article~~}}Short summary~~ of the ~~incident (could be~~ the ~~same as the summary preceding the article)~~.		In 2025, Brave posted an article about vulnerabilities that have agentic web browsers, such as ChatGPT Atlas, that consists of adding hidden malicious prompts in files, text or another media. Those prompts, combined with weak safeguards of the AI agents, can make them to expose and leak sensitive data of the user. {{Citation needed}}

	=== Example incident two (''date'') ===		=== Example incident two (''date'') ===

ClippyWantsToHelp: /* Products */

2026-01-26T17:54:23Z

Products

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	*GPT models		*GPT models
	*Sora models		*Sora models
			*ChatGPT Atlas

	==See also==		==See also==
	{{Ph-C-SA}}		{{Ph-C-SA}}

SinexTitan: fixing and adding more info

2026-01-06T18:42:40Z

fixing and adding more info

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	~~[[wikipedia:OpenAI~~\|OpenAI]]<ref>[https://openai.com/ OpenAI Landing Page]</ref> is an American [[Artificial intelligence]] (AI) focused company. Founded in December 2015, OpenAI is known for the Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT) family of large language models, the DALL-E series of text-to-image models, and Sora, a text-to-video model. With a reported revenue of $10B in FY2025 <ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|date=10 Jun 2025 \|title=OpenAI's annualized revenue hits $10 billion, up from $5.5 billion in December 2024 \|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250610051847/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|archive-date=2025-06-10 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Reuters}}</ref> and approximately 5.5B visitors per month<ref>[https://www.semrush.com/website/chatgpt.com/overview/ ChatGPT monthly traffic] </ref>, OpenAI has positioned itself has a leader in the Generative AI industry. <!-- This article is a work of progress as of 8/13/25, Feel free to edit it to your heart's content, of course. This is my first article on a site like this. -->		'''{{wplink\|OpenAI}}'''<ref>[https://openai.com/ OpenAI Landing Page]</ref> is an American [[Artificial intelligence]] (AI) focused company. Founded in December 2015, OpenAI is best known their [[ChatGPT]] chatbot, also known for the Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT) family of large language models, the DALL-E series of text-to-image models, and Sora, a text-to-video model. With a reported revenue of $10B in FY2025 <ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|date=10 Jun 2025 \|title=OpenAI's annualized revenue hits $10 billion, up from $5.5 billion in December 2024 \|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250610051847/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|archive-date=2025-06-10 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Reuters}}</ref> and approximately 5.5B visitors per month<ref>[https://www.semrush.com/website/chatgpt.com/overview/ ChatGPT monthly traffic] </ref>, OpenAI has positioned itself has a leader in the Generative AI industry. <!-- This article is a work of progress as of 8/13/25, Feel free to edit it to your heart's content, of course. This is my first article on a site like this. -->
	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==
	{{Ph-C-CIS}}		{{Ph-C-CIS}}
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	This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].		This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

			=== Example incident one (''date'') ===
			{{Main\|link to the main article}}Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).

	Example incident two (''date'')		=== Example incident two (''date'') ===

	...		...

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	*[[ChatGPT]]		*[[ChatGPT]]
	~~{{Ph~~-~~C-P}}~~		*DALL-E models
			*GPT models
			*Sora models
	==See also==		==See also==
	{{Ph-C-SA}}		{{Ph-C-SA}}

SinexTitan: replaced the placeholder box for summary

2026-01-06T18:34:12Z

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	[[wikipedia:OpenAI\|OpenAI]]<ref>[https://openai.com/ OpenAI Landing Page]</ref> is an American [[Artificial intelligence]] (AI) focused company. Founded in December 2015, OpenAI is known for the Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT) family of large language models, the DALL-E series of text-to-image models, and Sora, a text-to-video model. With a reported revenue of $10B in FY2025 <ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|date=10 Jun 2025 \|title=OpenAI's annualized revenue hits $10 billion, up from $5.5 billion in December 2024 \|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250610051847/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|archive-date=2025-06-10 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Reuters}}</ref> and approximately 5.5B visitors per month<ref>[https://www.semrush.com/website/chatgpt.com/overview/ ChatGPT monthly traffic] </ref>, OpenAI has positioned itself has a leader in the Generative AI industry. <!-- This article is a work of progress as of 8/13/25, Feel free to edit it to your heart's content, of course. This is my first article on a site like this. -->~~{{Ph-C-Int}}~~		[[wikipedia:OpenAI\|OpenAI]]<ref>[https://openai.com/ OpenAI Landing Page]</ref> is an American [[Artificial intelligence]] (AI) focused company. Founded in December 2015, OpenAI is known for the Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT) family of large language models, the DALL-E series of text-to-image models, and Sora, a text-to-video model. With a reported revenue of $10B in FY2025 <ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|date=10 Jun 2025 \|title=OpenAI's annualized revenue hits $10 billion, up from $5.5 billion in December 2024 \|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250610051847/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openais-annualized-revenue-hits-10-billion-up-55-billion-december-2024-2025-06-09/ \|archive-date=2025-06-10 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Reuters}}</ref> and approximately 5.5B visitors per month<ref>[https://www.semrush.com/website/chatgpt.com/overview/ ChatGPT monthly traffic] </ref>, OpenAI has positioned itself has a leader in the Generative AI industry. <!-- This article is a work of progress as of 8/13/25, Feel free to edit it to your heart's content, of course. This is my first article on a site like this. -->

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==
	{{Ph-C-CIS}}		{{Ph-C-CIS}}

23.93.216.104: auto-expiring credits, cellphone number requirement, spelling and grammar

2026-01-03T22:14:14Z

auto-expiring credits, cellphone number requirement, spelling and grammar

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	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==
	{{Ph-C-CIS}}		{{Ph-C-CIS}}
	*Misleading advertising. ChatGPT terms of service say it should not be used to make decisions about people. However their advertising claims it is "~~PHD~~ level" and makes other claims that seem to imply it is reliable. Many people use ChatGPT as if its output ~~was~~ meaningful, reliable, or a substitute for interaction with a person.		*Misleading advertising. ChatGPT terms of service say it should not be used to make decisions about people. However their advertising claims it is "PhD level" and makes other claims that seem to imply it is reliable. Many people use ChatGPT as if its output were meaningful, reliable, or a substitute for interaction with a person.
			*Credits (money) expire automatically with no notification, and the credit balance interface makes this process confusing. You must maintain a positive account balance, and you are auto-billed a fixed amount if it goes negative. Accounts can be banned and credits confiscated for typing the wrong things in chat, with no recourse.
			*A mobile phone number in a friendly country is required to better track your identity.

	This is what '''OpenAI''' says as part of their data usage policy:		This is what '''OpenAI''' says as part of their data usage policy:

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	This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].		This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

	=== Web Crawlers ignoring robots.txt (2025) ===		===Web Crawlers ignoring robots.txt (2025)===
	In 2025, Jonathan Bailey from PlagiarismToday posted an article going into how ChatGPTs web crawlers were ignoring the sites Robots.txt file.<ref>https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/07/23/chatgpt-ignores-robots-txt-rehashes-my-column/</ref> PlaigarismToday had blocked OpenAI's web crawlers in August of 2023, yet the latest ChatGPT model at the time provided data from articles that were posted the day before on the website, even though OpenAI wasn't supposed to be scraping these web pages. This can be problematic for smaller websites, due to OpenAI's aggressive approach to web crawling, with their crawlers reportedly in a single week sending in more than 29 thousand requests to a wiki known as The Cutting Room Floor.<ref>https://discord.com/channels/386543982399979531/386553674932944899/1386485774220001310 (Message link from The Cutting Room Floor's official Discord server)</ref>		In 2025, Jonathan Bailey from PlagiarismToday posted an article going into how ChatGPTs web crawlers were ignoring the sites Robots.txt file.<ref>https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/07/23/chatgpt-ignores-robots-txt-rehashes-my-column/</ref> PlaigarismToday had blocked OpenAI's web crawlers in August of 2023, yet the latest ChatGPT model at the time provided data from articles that were posted the day before on the website, even though OpenAI wasn't supposed to be scraping these web pages. This can be problematic for smaller websites, due to OpenAI's aggressive approach to web crawling, with their crawlers reportedly in a single week sending in more than 29 thousand requests to a wiki known as The Cutting Room Floor.<ref>https://discord.com/channels/386543982399979531/386553674932944899/1386485774220001310 (Message link from The Cutting Room Floor's official Discord server)</ref>

	=== ChatGPT Atlas and prompt-injection vulnerability (2025) ===		===ChatGPT Atlas and prompt-injection vulnerability (2025)===
	In 2025, Brave posted an article about vulnerabilities that have agentic web browsers, such as ChatGPT Atlas, that consists of adding hidden malicious prompts in files, text or another media. Those prompts, combined with weak safeguards of the AI agents, can make them to expose and leak sensitive data of the user.<ref>https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/PromptInjection</ref>		In 2025, Brave posted an article about vulnerabilities that have agentic web browsers, such as ChatGPT Atlas, that consists of adding hidden malicious prompts in files, text or another media. Those prompts, combined with weak safeguards of the AI agents, can make them to expose and leak sensitive data of the user.<ref>https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/PromptInjection</ref>

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	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{Ph-C-SA}}~~
			* [[Anthropic]]

	==References==		==References==