The Real Reason Behind OpenAI's Mass Account Ban Wave 138

小编 · 2025-02-22

ChatGPT launched a new wave of account bans last night, with a large number of accounts being suspended. These accounts are accused of allegedly using ChatGPT to write sales copy and debug code for developing social media monitoring tools. See the Bloomberg report below for details:

The Real Reason Behind OpenAI's Mass Account Ban Wave

Last night ChatGPT launched a new wave of account bans, with a large number of accounts being suspended. These accounts were said to be suspected of using ChatGPT to write sales promotions and debug code for developing social media monitoring tools. The reason can be seen in the Bloomberg report in the images below:

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Now, using anything other than a clean IP or a shared account will result in lighter consequences like degraded intelligence, or heavier consequences like account bans—it's just speechless. Logging in today results in an immediate ban, with $200 exchanged for a ban notice email. This wave from GPT is likely to drive away many long-time fans. It seems the pressure from DeepSeek still isn't enough, so I'm switching directly to Grok3.