Is Your AI Stealing Your Ideas? Researchers Raise Attribution Concerns

Two unresolved disputes over shared research have exposed gaps in how commercial AI tools handle user data. NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster says an OpenAI result may have been influenced by his unpublished work entered into its tools; a similar dispute involves Anthropic. Both companies deny accessing user conversations, and no industry audit standard exists.

• OpenAI denies accessing Buckmaster's chats, but the dispute remains unresolved
• Anthropic says Claude was not trained on user conversations
• Opting out of model training leaves a feedback exception open
• Researchers are advised to use API and enterprise accounts over personal ones