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ws.chatgpt.com
classified as first-party · 2
What our research panel found AI-drafted · human-reviewed
We ask several independent AI models the same question and publish their answers separately — cross-vendor agreement is evidence against fabrication, and disagreement is worth seeing. 3 of 3 models answered, overall confidence high. A human reviewed this domain's claims before anything here published.
Anthropic Claude — first-party
ws.chatgpt.com is a subdomain of chatgpt.com, the primary domain of the app's own publisher (OpenAI), and the 'ws' prefix suggests a WebSocket endpoint for core app functionality rather than a third-party service. The app's label already declares collecting user-generated content, in-app messages, and diagnostics, so first-party contact implies no data flow beyond what is disclosed.
OpenAI — first-party
ws.chatgpt.com is a subdomain of the app's ChatGPT service domain and most likely supports first-party app functionality. The contact alone does not establish a data flow beyond the app's declared privacy-label categories.
Google Gemini — first-party
The domain ws.chatgpt.com is a first-party endpoint operated by OpenAI for the ChatGPT service, likely hosting WebSocket or API endpoints for core app functionality. As a first-party functional domain, it does not represent an undisclosed third-party data flow or tracker.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | — | 7 | 403 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-30 |
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