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ChatGPT suddenly bans accounts on a large scale, including paid users

PANews reported on November 9, citing Zhitong Finance, that multiple tech communities have reported a sudden large-scale account ban by OpenAI. Numerous users on Reddit and domestic developer communities have reported that their ChatGPT accounts were deactivated without warning, including Pro users who pay a monthly subscription fee of 200 USD. According to user feedback, most of the banned accounts did not receive any prior email notification; users were directly informed upon login that their accounts had been deleted or deactivated. The bans were triggered by batch identification in the system backend, rather than manual review one by one. The hardest-hit areas include accounts subscribed in low-price regions, batch-registered accounts, shared payment cards or devices, access via relay reverse proxies, API quota reselling, and accounts suspected of model distillation. Many users also stated that they used the service in compliance with regulations on a daily basis, but were banned because the system determined they were associated with already banned accounts. OpenAI has previously banned accounts in batches; as early as 2...

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