After OpenAI agreed to purchase data from Stack Overflow to train artificial intelligence, some users expressed dissatisfaction. User account benui attempted to delete their own answers but ended up getting their account locked instead. Benui claimed that initially, they tried to delete the answers but found that Stack Overflow does not allow the deletion of accepted and highly voted answers. They then attempted to edit the answers to protest, but the website administrators swiftly reverted the changes and locked their account for 7 days. It is unclear how many users are currently trying to delete or edit answers to protest. However, benui confirmed that they will try to request data deletion through the GDPR process in the future.
Source: @_benui
TLDR: After buying data from Stack Overflow, OpenAI faced backlash as users like benui tried to delete answers, resulting in account suspension. Benui plans to seek data deletion using GDPR.
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