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Exclusive: OpenAI failed to deliver the opt-out tool it promised by 2025

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OpenAI said it was developing a tool to let creators specify how they want their works to be included in its AI training data.

The tool, called Media Manager, would “identify copyrighted text, images, audio, and video” It was intended to stave off some of the company’s fiercest critics, and potentially shield OpenAI from IP -related legal challenges.

But people familiar tell TechCrunch the tool was rarely viewed as an important launch internally.

Media Manager would shift the burden of controlling AI training onto creators.

By not using it, they arguably could be giving tacit approval for their works to be used.

Media Manager might not even be especially advantageous for OpenAI , at least from a jurisprudential standpoint.

OpenAI has implemented filters to prevent its models regurgitating training examples.