[OpenAI Codex Abuse Prevention Mechanism Misjudgment Leads to Rapid Token Depletion, Officially Resets Quotas for All Users] According to monitoring by Beating, OpenAI's core product manager Tibo Sottiaux stated that a misjudgment by the system's built-in anti-fraud and abuse prevention mechanism caused users' quotas to be consumed at an accelerated rate. The company has urgently reset usage quotas for all Codex users free of charge. The issue of abnormal quota depletion actually began around June 16 and erupted fully on social media by June 25. Hundreds of developers reported on GitHub and social media platforms that the token consumption rate of Codex had surged abnormally, with some accounts experiencing a 10 to 20 times faster depletion compared to usual. A paying user subscribed to the $200/month plan reported that an additional $40 temporary quota was exhausted within 3 to 4 hours. Another developer mentioned that a budgeted quota initially estimated to support 5 hours of work was completely depleted after just a few prompt interactions. Due to the slow response from the OpenAI development team, a large number of developers protested vehemently on social media. In response to user complaints, OpenAI technical team member Vaibhav first publicly collected users' feedback identification numbers. Subsequently, Sottiaux acknowledged that the abuse prevention system might have misjudged and promised to follow up. In the latest quota reset announcement, Sottiaux emphasized that the team has implemented preliminary mitigation measures. Although internal investigations indicate that the scope of affected users is not large, the company has decided to reset usage quotas for all Codex users free of charge and will continue to monitor the system's status. [Original Link]