Saturday, July 05, 2025

NYT to start searching deleted ChatGPT logs after court win

What are the odds NYT will access your ChatGPT logs in OpenAI court battle?

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... Last week, OpenAI raised objections in court, hoping to overturn a court order requiring the AI company to retain all ChatGPT logs "indefinitely," including deleted and temporary chats.

But Sidney Stein, the US district judge reviewing OpenAI's request, immediately denied OpenAI's objections. He was seemingly unmoved by the company's claims that the order forced OpenAI to abandon "long-standing privacy norms" and weaken privacy protections that users expect based on ChatGPT's terms of service. Rather, Stein suggested that OpenAI's user agreement specified that their data could be retained as part of a legal process, which Stein said is exactly what is happening now.

The order was issued by magistrate judge Ona Wang just days after news organizations, led by The New York Times, requested it. The news plaintiffs claimed the order was urgently needed to preserve potential evidence in their copyright case, alleging that ChatGPT users are likely to delete chats where they attempted to use the chatbot to skirt paywalls to access news content.

A spokesperson told Ars that OpenAI plans to "keep fighting" the order, but the ChatGPT maker seems to have few options left. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-05 06:17 PM

What did you ask ChatGPT?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-05 08:01 PM

Ya know, if you employ lawyers it's probably not a good idea to denigrate them.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-06 09:17 PM

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