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OpenAI Loses Fight to Keep ChatGPT Logs Secret in Copyright Case

Judge Ona Wang ruled OpenAI must provide 20 million anonymized ChatGPT logs to news outlets for copyright analysis in an ongoing 2023 lawsuit.

  • On Wednesday, Manhattan Magistrate Judge Ona Wang ordered OpenAI to produce 20 million deidentified ChatGPT output logs to the Daily News and other news outlets, calling the sample proportional to the case.
  • Plaintiffs including the Authors Guild argue the consolidated 2023 class-action alleges OpenAI used and distorted copyrighted work, with news organisations seeking ChatGPT logs to test model outputs.
  • The 20 million sample represents less than 0.05% of OpenAI's retained output logs, with Wang stating anonymization and multiple privacy protections are nearly complete.
  • OpenAI has appealed Wang's order to U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein; the court said `either bode well for OpenAI` regarding delay motives and set 7 days for production after deidentification.
  • Plaintiffs assert that OpenAI withheld critically important evidence and vow accountability, while OpenAI spokespeople told Reuters the request `disregards long-standing privacy protections` and `breaks with common-sense security practices`.
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Does ChatGPT use complete passages from articles from the »New York Times« in chats? In a dispute with the newspaper, developers did not want to disclose these chats, but it has now failed.

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OpenAI loses fight to keep ChatGPT logs secret in copyright case

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NY judge orders OpenAI to hand over ChatGPT conversations in win for newspapers in copyright case

A Manhattan judge has ordered OpenAI to provide the Daily News and other news outlets with millions of anonymous chats between ChatGPT and its users in a major ongoing copyright infringement case. In a nine-page order made public Wednesday, Manhattan Magistrate Judge Ona Wang denied OpenAI’s request to reconsider her November ruling requiring the tech giant to hand over 20 million ChatGPT output logs to the media outlets. The newspapers want to …

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jdjournal.com broke the news in on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
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