For me, "Improve the model for everyone" was "On", although I disabled a similar-sounding checkbox in the past (Germany).

Is there a description of what "Improve the model for everyone" actually means or is it just a straight up *Dark* pattern?

It's pretty clear once you click on it:

> Allow your content to be used to train our models, which makes ChatGPT better for you and everyone who uses it. We take steps to protect your privacy. Learn more

So not in the basement behind a sign saying "Beware of the Leopard" but could also just be "Allow your content to be used to train our models: <Yes|No>".

Could be worse I guess.

Same for me, I disabled it like 2 years ago and it is still not enabled. Location: Norway (which is for data control purposes = EU)

Edit: I have a pro subscription now but it has also been on a free tier level for perhaps 1.5 of these years.

Fairly certain OP lives in The Netherlands.

Did you look him up?

It literally says so in their profile.

He’s quite well known on HN.

Same here, I just happened to check yesterday and hadn’t checked for at least half a year.

Same here. US.

What makes you think the company that pirated a big portion of all copyrighted work will care about this checkbox?

At best they’ll “anonymize” the data before adding it to the corpus.

same, I'm a paying user in the US

Same here on Pro 20x, Switzerland

Same here.

Same here, UK.