Business updateOpenAI NewsAug 19, 2026
Offering Zero Data Retention for frontier models
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What changed
OpenAI reaffirms Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers and previews Private Safety Processing for advanced AI safety without compromising data privacy.
Why it matters
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