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OpenAI won't let some customers export their chats, but this tool will

The Register 23 July 2026, 20:48

OpenAI restricts chat exports for ChatGPT Business and Enterprise users while allowing them for lower-tier accounts, but a new free tool called Scrapemychats created by freelance journalist Conrad Quilty-Harper enables these users to download their conversation archives anyway. The tool works through a logged-in browser session and stores chats locally as an offline-browsable HTML archive, taking several hours to download a 600-chat archive due to rate-limiting. Users who export their data with the tool can now retain copies of their conversations if they switch to other AI services, though the creator expects OpenAI to patch the workaround soon.

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ChatGPT Business and Enterprise users lack the standard chat export option, so third-party utilities like scrapemychats fill the gap

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The guardrails meant to protect AI models from malicious hackers are now frustrating the security researchers trying to stop them. OpenAI, Anthropic, and other leading labs have built walls around their systems—requiring offensive security teams to apply for special access programs like Anthropic's Cyber Verification Program or OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber—to use models for legitimate vulnerability hunting. The problem: approval processes move slowly and inconsistently, forcing some researchers to abandon these systems entirely and pivot to unrestricted open-source alternatives, including Chinese models sitting outside U.S. oversight. It's a classic security paradox: the restrictions are well-intentioned, designed to prevent bad actors from weaponizing frontier AI for cyberattacks. But by making it harder for the good guys to do their jobs, companies risk pushing critical vulnerability research away from domestic systems and toward less transparent platforms. The tension exposes a real gap in how AI safety policies are designed—they're built for binary scenarios (allow or deny) when the reality of cybersecurity demands a more nuanced ecosystem where credentialed researchers can move quickly.

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