EventPolicyAugust 31, 2026

OpenAI age-verification error deletes adult's account

A 27-year-old user's account was deleted after OpenAI's age-verification system misread the issuance date on their Taiwanese ID as their birth date, then rejected their appeal in about 5 minutes.

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