[ChatGPT Sudden Mass Account Suspension, Including Paid Users] According to Jinse Finance, on November 8th, multiple tech communities reported a sudden mass account suspension by OpenAI. Numerous users on Reddit and domestic developer communities reported their ChatGPT accounts being suspended without warning, including Pro users with a monthly subscription fee of $200. User feedback indicates that most of the suspended accounts did not receive prior email notifications; users were immediately notified that their accounts had been deleted or suspended upon login. The suspensions were triggered by batch identification in the system backend, not by manual review. The hardest hit areas were low-price subscription accounts, accounts registered in bulk, accounts sharing payment cards or devices, accounts using proxy services, accounts reselling API quotas, and accounts suspected of model distillation. Many users also reported compliant daily usage, yet were still penalized due to association with previously banned accounts. OpenAI has a history of mass account suspensions; back in 2023, the platform suspended a batch of accounts. Since then, OpenAI has repeatedly cleaned up accounts belonging to companies and developers involved in large-scale distillation and API abuse. As of now, OpenAI has not issued a unified explanation regarding the recent surge in user complaints about account suspensions, nor has it disclosed the specific number of people affected. (21st Century Business Herald)