OpenAI announced that the data of Indian ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, and OpenAI API (application programming interface) Platform users will now be stored locally in the nation.

The aim behind this move is said to help businesses using OpenAI products meet local data sovereignty requirements when implementing OpenAI products in their operations and developing new AI solutions.

Conversations with ChatGPT and custom GPTs in their appropriate Enterprise or Edu workspaces, including user prompts, uploaded files, and content across text, vision, and image modalities, will be stored in India for ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu users in India.

By starting a new project on the API Platform dashboard and choosing the appropriate nation, eligible ChatGPT API Platform users can enable data residency. According to OpenAI, "the chosen region will currently house the data storage for the API Platform."

Following Altman's recent trip to India, OpenAI executives met with government representatives from the Prime Minister's Office, the US Embassy in India, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Later that week, TQH (The Quantum Hub) organized a second meeting with advocacy groups for technology policy.

In addition to India, OpenAI launched a data residency scheme for customers of the API Platform, ChatGPT Enterprise, and ChatGPT Edu in South Korea, Singapore, and Japan.

Similar data residency programs were previously introduced by the corporation in Europe.

This helps businesses adhere to regional data sovereignty laws by enabling qualified clients to keep their data in these nations.

 

This action expands on OpenAI's current data security and privacy protocols, which include TLS 1.2+ for data in transit and AES-256 encryption for data at rest.

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Additionally, OpenAI made it clear that unless users specifically consent, no customer data is used to train its models.