OpenAI introduces advanced customer privacy protections, aiming to outpace Anthropic, as the demand for robust safety guardrails grows alongside the increasing power of AI models.

OpenAI reaffirms Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers and previews Private Safety Processing for advanced AI safety without compromising data privacy.

It's testing a different approach while Anthropic is holding on to data for 30 days for those using its most advanced models.

AI safety still depends largely on the industry policing itself.

Under ZDR, OpenAI does not save a customer's prompts or the AI's responses once a task is finished. No OpenAI employee can view the content, and unless a company chooses to opt…