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Brand guidelines

Language and assets for using the OpenAI brand in your marketing and communications.

About

The "OpenAI" name, the OpenAI logo, the "ChatGPT" and “GPT” brands, and other OpenAI trademarks, are property of OpenAI. These guidelines are intended to help our partners, resellers, customers, developers, consultants, publishers, and any other third parties understand how to use and display our trademarks and copyrighted work in their own assets and materials.

API Developers

If you are an active OpenAI developer, you may truthfully identify the OpenAI technology you use.  However, everything about your app, product or company (including name, logo, description, slogan, tagline and screenshots) should be your own and should be free of OpenAI’s brands (including products, services or model names; logos; or trademarks).  Any branding should focus on your brand and shouldn’t look or sound similar to any of the OpenAI brands.  You should not use the OpenAI logo or brand in any way that would imply sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement.

Do:
  • App Name: Meowlytics

  • App Tagline: AI Analytics Platform

Don't:
  • App Name: MeOwpenAI

  • App Tagline: Built using OpenAI API

Models

If you must refer to specific models, please use the proper model names or date-based versions of models when referring to OpenAI models.

We do not permit the use of OpenAI models or “GPT” in product or app names because it confuses end users.

Do:
  • Identify and refer to the appropriate model names: GPT-3, GPT-4, DALL·E 3

  • Refer to date-based versions of models if needed: GPT-4 Nov 6 version

Don’t:
  • Use OpenAI models in product or app names: GPT4Meow, MeowGPT

  • Use model names incorrectly: Chat GPT, ChatGPT4, GPTChat

  • Use the model classes: Ada, Babbage, Davinci

  • Use specific names: gpt-3.5-turbo-0125

  • Use “GPT” generically without identifying the specific model: GPT-powered

Notifying users. If your product closely resembles an OpenAI product (such as ChatGPT), please make a clear indication to users that your product is independently developed and not affiliated, endorsed, or sponsored by OpenAI. Please consider your use of OpenAI’s product names, your own product copy, surrounding copy (e.g., app description), and any/all other attributes in this regard. It should be clear to your users that your application is separate and distinct from OpenAI’s own products and services.

GPTs in ChatGPT

GPTs—custom versions of ChatGPT that you can create for a specific purpose with instructions, expanded knowledge, and custom actions—are available to ChatGPT users.

GPTs should have a short name appropriate for display in ChatGPT’s sidebar. Choose a name appropriate for an app or service, not the title of a document or video. Having a GPT’s name end with “GPT” is discouraged, but not prohibited.

If the GPT is part of an existing service and provides all or a subset of the same functionality, it’s recommended the GPT be named the same. For example if the service is called “Meowlytics” then the GPT should also be called “Meowlytics”. If instead the GPT is providing support for the service, then consider appending to the name, e.g., “Meowlytics API Helper”.

A GPT may not use another organization’s trademark in its name or logo unless they are authorized to do so. Builders must verify their domain in order to use many common trademarks and OpenAI may reactively enforce this for others if reported. Additionally names referencing public figures, profanity, and harmful topics are prohibited. If a GPT makes use of third-party services, for example as part of its actions, these may be mentioned in the description.

Non-partnerships

OpenAI has official partnerships and specific language about these partnerships, as well as non-partnership language guidance. If you are not an official partner, please don’t use “collaborated with,” “worked with,” or “partnered with,” in any form.

Do:
  • Pawtopia is building on OpenAI

  • Pawtopia product was developed on GPT-4

Don’t:
  • Pawtopia collaborated with OpenAI

  • Pawtopia worked with OpenAI

  • Pawtopia partnered with OpenAI

  • Pawtopia is building with OpenAI

Content attribution

If publishing text or images generated by an OpenAI model, you are not required to attribute. However, if you’d like to, we encourage you to use the language below.

Do:
  • Written with ChatGPT

  • Caption written with ChatGPT

  • Created with DALL·E

  • Image created with DALL·E 3

Don’t:
  • Written by ChatGPT

  • Caption written by ChatGPT

  • Created by DALL·E

  • Image created by DALL·E

Press releases

When mentioning our company in your press materials, we ask that you identify OpenAI as an AI research and deployment company. OpenAI’s mission is to create safe and powerful AI that benefits all of humanity.

If your announcement, blog, or other communications go beyond the cases outlined above, or if you have questions about our guidelines, we encourage you to reach out to OpenAI’s Partner Communications team at partnercomms@openai.com.

Usage terms

The term “Marks” includes anything we use to identify our goods or services, including our names, logos, icons, and design elements. By using OpenAI’s Marks, you agree that we own them and that any goodwill generated by your use benefits us. Your permission to use our Marks is limited in the following ways:

  • You can only use our Marks as allowed by these brand guidelines.

  • The permission we grant is non-exclusive (we can give it to others) and non-transferrable (you cannot give it to others).

  • You should not feature our Marks more prominently than your own company’s name or marks.

  • We may update the guide, and you must follow changes within a reasonable time.

  • We can review your use of our Marks and require changes if needed.

  • We may terminate your permission to use our Marks at any time, and you must stop using them promptly.

Please ensure your app follows all OpenAI usage policies. If your project leverages our APIs or models (e.g. GPT-4 or DALL·E 3). You may choose to reference a specific model  but be precise and accurate.

We do not permit model names in app titles because there is concern that it confuses end users and it also triggers our enforcement mechanisms. GPTs are custom versions of ChatGPT, so it’s important that you do not reference just GPT in your app descriptions (we do not permit our GPT brand to be used in app, product, developer or company names).

Logos

By using our logos, you agree to our Marks usage terms.

Use of the OpenAI logo & logo mark is limited to authorized uses only and the following conditions:

Do:
  • Use our logo only as it directly relates to our services

  • Use our logo consistent with our style guides below and our Marks usage terms

  • Use our logo exactly as provided

  • When using our logo, acknowledge the logo belongs to OpenAI

Don’t:
  • Use our logo except as described in these terms or in writing from OpenAI Legal

  • Misrepresent your relationship with us or use our logo in any way that is misleading, or that would imply our endorsement or sponsorship of your goods or services (or anybody elseʼs goods or services)

  • Use our logo in any way that would confuse a user into thinking that your product or service is run or sponsored by OpenAI

  • Use our logo more prominently than your own (or any othersʼ)

  • Use our logo in any way that is unrelated to us or our goods or services

  • Use our logo on any tangible merchandise, including any promotional, marketing, swag, or other physical items

  • Add anything in such close proximity to our logo to create an impression of a new logo

  • Use or incorporate any of our logo in your own trademark, service mark, trade dress, etc

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Logo spacing & sizing

Use enough spacing around the logo.
Use a logomark-to-container ratio of 116:180 in avatars.
Orient the logomark with the central hexagon pointed top and bottom.
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Contact

For legal inquiries, please contact legal@openai.com.

For everything else, including requesting permission to use our logos, questions about these guidelines, or if your communications go beyond the cases outlined above, please contact partnercomms@openai.com.