#OpenAI starts banning custom GPTs

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oak phoenix
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You know when you save your GPT for the public and it gets rejected, you try again and again, eventually you tweak your GPT name and description and eventually it's accepted. Well now your GPT is just banned. You cannot save it and publish it for other than yourself, and you cannot yet appeal this decision, so this is a ban. Just imagine the consequences for the hundreds or thousands of people using your GPT, and for you as a service provider. And of course this happens without any exterior report or claim, it's OpenAI being judge and jury.

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OpenAI starts banning custom GPTs

verbal epoch
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I'm not really sure what the goal of this post is. If you were following the Brand Guidelines then this wouldn't really be an issue right now. The Brand Guidelines are entirely about not impersonating OpenAI, so I'm not really sure how this relates to your own services, and you censored the GPT's name so it's not like anyone can comment on your situation anyways

oak phoenix
# verbal epoch I'm not really sure what the goal of this post is. If you were following the Bra...

The goal is to warn users about this abusive practice. It's abusive because it's a ban and no ban is necessary. It's also abusive because it itself does NOT follow the brand guidelines. The brand guidelines only have to do with OpenAI's brand. But the behavior of the acceptation/rejection and of the banning has extra unofficial clause regarding other brands. Lets say your GPT is made for some Sony product. How do you make this clear to the search engine ? How do you make this clear to the users ? You can't put the trademark in the logo, you can't put it in the name, you also can't put it in the description. Go try.

solemn sparrow
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That's a matter of reading the guidelines 🤣 it seems you don't read the guidelines

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If you read the guidelines, you'll be fine

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Also what they said, we have no information about what you did with your GPT, for all we know you could have tried making a fake GPT-5 🤷‍♂️

oak phoenix
# solemn sparrow That's a matter of reading the guidelines 🤣 it seems you don't read the guidel...

As I pointed out with the Sony example my GPT has nothing to do with openai other than being a GPT. Here's what the guidelines say "A GPT may not use another organization’s trademark in its name or logo unless they are authorized to do so. Builders must verify their domain in order to use many common trademarks and OpenAI may reactively enforce this for others if reported." Does openai verify the authorised use of other organization's trademark ? NO. Is my domain verified ? YES. Was my GPT reported ? NO. Conclusion : 100% abusive practice

solemn sparrow
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Sony is a trademarked name...

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Using Sony in your GPT name is using a trademarked name

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and again

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We dont know what your GPT is and what its name or purpose was

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So saying they are abusing, come with some actual proof...

oak phoenix
# solemn sparrow We dont know what your GPT is and what its name or purpose was

I provided screenshots and demonstrated 3 ways openai is not following its own guidelines. Here's a 4th way: it's writen that only the name and logo are concerned but in my experience the description is too. If you don't want to believe me that's your personal problem. If you think I didn't understand the guidelines you should point out how so. Have you been able to publish for the public a GPT with another organisation's trademark ? If yes we can start discussing the matter seriously.

solemn sparrow
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Just dont use a trademark 🤣

summer wedge
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What was the name and description of your GPT?

solemn sparrow
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They dont seem to wanna say

summer wedge
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I have a DocsGPT, which lets you create and edit Google Documents, so I'm wondering if that's gonna be considered infringing

solemn sparrow
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Nope

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Dont see the trademark issue there

solar pewter
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Do you have hundreds of thousands using your GPT?

solar pewter
summer wedge
solar pewter
summer wedge
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The GPT is called DocsGPT, so I'm wondering if I'll be considered infringing for using Docs

solar pewter
summer wedge
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For using the Docs trademark?

solar pewter
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how are you using 'Docs' trademark - what even is that a trademark of ? Only the term Google Docs™ is Trademarked. And you are not using that expression.

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DocsGPT could be a GPT for Doctors !!! I am not sure what you are concerned about

summer wedge
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It'd be nice if we knew why OP was banned

I'm only concerned for using the term Google Docs in my description, although my GPT clearly edits Google Docs

drowsy dawn
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I made a gpt called Youtube Downloader

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It got banned so i clalled it YT Downloader

oak phoenix
# solemn sparrow Just dont use a trademark 🤣

With "just don't use a trademark" you seem to say that it is the way to avoid any trouble, well that's your personal preference and it's different from the guidelines. The guidelines clearly state the conditions for which the use of other organisation's trademark is AUTHORIZED. With how the thing is working I'm willing to bet that openai is preventing trademark owners to use their trademarks in their GPTs.

drowsy dawn
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and it got accepted but it got banned today

oak phoenix
# drowsy dawn and it got accepted but it got banned today

Exactly. How can you tell the search engine and the users that's it's a youtube tool if you can't write youtube ?? 🤦‍♂️There's no such problem with browser extensions, yet some are commercial, so to me openai just messed up.

drowsy dawn
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If i call it video downloader it will be allowed?

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well too late now cuz its banned

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i have the api though in case anyone wants it

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So I cannot make a gpt like Minecraft Stats gpt?