AI Privacy & Cost Cheat Sheet for Screenwriters

Which AI models train on your unpublished script, and how to stop them.

Subscribe to The Pipeline and get the cheat sheet — two pages, nine AI providers, every plan tier.

The question that matters on an unpublished script: “if I paste my pages in, will they be used to train the model?” Three of the nine, consumer plans only — the tiers that don’t train are in the sheet.

ChatGPTOpenAI · US

PlansFree · Go · Plus · Pro

Trains on your work?✗ Trains by default

What to doSettings → Data Controls → turn off “Improve the model for everyone” — or use a Temporary Chat.

Cost / month$0 · $8 · $20 · $100/$200Pro has two usage tiers, same models

ClaudeAnthropic · US

PlansFree · Pro · Max

Trains on your work?✗ Trains by default

What to doSettings → Privacy → turn off the model-training toggle. (Off = 30-day retention; on = 5 years.) You are auto opted-in on all three — you must actively decline.

Cost / month$0 · $20 · $100/$200

GeminiGoogle · US

PlansFree · AI Plus · AI Pro · AI Ultra

Trains on your work?✗ Trains by default

What to domyactivity.google.com/product/gemini → turn off “Keep Activity” (was ‘Gemini Apps Activity’) — or use a Temporary Chat. Keep Activity is ON on every consumer tier; humans may review a sample.

Cost / month$0 · $4.99 · $19.99 · $100/$200Ultra restructured May 2026

The rest is in the sheet

Six more providers

Copilot · Le Chat · Perplexity
Grok · Meta AI · DeepSeek — all high risk

And for every provider

The Business/Team tier that never trains, and what it costs
The exact click-path that switches training off
GDPR for EU writers, red flags, and running a model locally

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