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OpenAI account deactivated over benchmark text in config file edit

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A user reported their OpenAI account was deactivated after a request to edit a configuration file inadvertently included text from a censorship benchmark. The user explained that the benchmark text was only present as reference material for editing a JSON file, not as a direct query for prohibited content. Despite a second appeal clarifying this context, it was closed as a duplicate, leaving the user frustrated with the opaque and arbitrary enforcement process. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential issues with automated content moderation systems in AI services and the importance of context in enforcement.

RANK_REASON User reports an issue with a specific product's enforcement policy.

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OpenAI account deactivated over benchmark text in config file edit

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/MaxPhoenix_ ·

    Hair trigger account deactivation after a file-edit request appears to have included benchmark text - then closed my clarifying appeal as “duplicate"

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>My OpenAI account was recently shown as &quot;deleted or deactivated&quot; - hopefully temporarily, because based on what I’ve now verified, I did not intentionally use OpenAI’s model to ask for anything prohibited.</p> <p>At first, I assumed I h…

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