OpenAI reportedly re-enables Codex chat training
The gist
A Hacker News poster said Codex's data-sharing setting was silently re-enabled for them and coworkers, who never opted back in.
The claim is unconfirmed, and it lands as OpenAI pools Codex and ChatGPT usage.
How it unfolded
- recentlyA Hacker News poster said that "yesterday" they and coworkers noticed the data-sharing setting had been silently re-enabled in Codex, and that none of them knowingly opted back in.
- Oct 29, 2026OpenAI confirmed it was cancelling the Pro 200 usage reduction, restoring higher Work and Codex allowances for subscribers already moved to lower limits.
- Oct 31, 2026The Decoder reported OpenAI plans to train models on Daybreak Blue cybersecurity session data that was previously off-limits.