Last month, a federal judge ordered OpenAI to indefinitely maintain all of ChatGPT’s data as part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit. In response, OpenAI has filed an appeal to overturn the decision stating that the “sweeping, unprecedented order” violates its users’ privacy.

The New York Times sued both OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023 claiming that the companies violated copyrights by using its articles to train their language models. However, OpenAI said the Times’ case is “without merit” and argued that the training falls under “fair use”.

Previously, OpenAI only kept chat logs for users of ChatGPT Free, Plus, and Pro who didn’t opt out. However, in May, the Times and other news organizations claimed that OpenAI was engaging in a “substantial, ongoing” destruction of chat logs that co

See Full Page