OpenAI seems to be silently re-enabling model training on Codex chats
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My company is pretty paranoid about leaking IP to the frontier labs through prompts, so we've all been diligent about disabling data sharing in Codex/Claude Code/etc. But yesterday my coworkers and I noticed that the setting had been silently reenabled in Codex. None of us knowingly opted back in. You can check your settings here: https://chatgpt.com/settings/data-controls. Look for "Improve the model for everyone". Curious if this is an isolated issue or something more widespread. EDIT: looks…
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OpenAI seems to be silently re-enabling model training on Codex chats was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 3, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 25 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #6 of 30, reached on Nov 3, 19:22 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 3, 21:37 UTC.
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OpenAI is also now hiding your usage. Not accessible anymore in the menu, and /usage in the codex app now also gives a lot of stats, but the one stat you do want to know, how much limit left, is no longer there. I'm guessing another big usage reduction is coming soon.
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#6 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 3, 19:22 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 3, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (25 checks) since.
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11 points and 1 comment; submitted by user052919 on Nov 3, 2026.