US EditionOpenAI Fights Order to Hand over 20 Million Private ChatGPT Conversations
OpenAI argues that 99.99% of the 20 million anonymized ChatGPT logs are irrelevant to the copyright case and raises privacy concerns in its appeal against the court order.
- On Wednesday, OpenAI asked a federal judge in New York to reverse a November 7 order by Magistrate Judge Ona Wang requiring it to turn over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in the Manhattan federal court case.
- The New York Times and fellow publishers sued in 2023, alleging OpenAI and Microsoft used their articles to train ChatGPT and seeking chat logs to test reproduction claims.
- OpenAI countered that production would disclose confidential conversations and argued that "99.99 per cent" of transcripts are unrelated, citing privacy protections including exhaustive de-identification, as Magistrate Judge Ona Wang wrote.
- OpenAI faces a Friday deadline to deliver material while seeking reconsideration, stating produced data would remain legally protected and security-constrained reviewers must access it offline.
- As one of the farthest-along suits, the case could shape disclosure rules for AI training data, with plaintiffs saying immediate production is essential to meet the February 26, 2026 discovery deadline and enable expert analyses of OpenAI's model outputs.
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Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private
A federal magistrate judge just ordered that the private ChatGPT conversations of 20 million users be handed over to the lawyers for dozens of plaintiffs, including news organizations. Those 20 million people weren’t asked. They weren’t notified. They have no say in the matter. Last week, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang ordered OpenAI to turn over a sample of 20 million chat logs as part of the sprawling multidistrict litigation where publishers are s…
OpenAI accuses NY Times of wanting to invade millions of users' privacy in paper's lawsuit against tech giant
OpenAI accuses The New York Times of wanting to invade user privacy after the newspaper demanded access to 20 million private ChatGPT conversations in its ongoing lawsuit.
OpenAI is trying to woo the public in its fight against the New York Times after losing court battle
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has criticized The New York Times after its lawyers asked to see ChatGPT user logs as part of the legal discovery process.Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty ImagesOpenAI is criticizing The New York Times for seeking 20 million ChatGPT user logs for its lawsuit.A judge already ruled OpenAI must provide the logs, citing privacy protections already in place.OpenAI is trying to get the judge to reconsider her ruling.OpenAI la…
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