Federal Judge Orders OpenAI to Hand Over 20 Million ChatGPT Logs in Copyright Lawsuit
Summary
Federal judge orders OpenAI to surrender 20 million de-identified ChatGPT logs to The New York Times and other plaintiffs in explosive copyright lawsuit alleging the AI company illegally trained its models on copyrighted news content without permission.
Key Points
- Federal magistrate judge orders OpenAI to turn over roughly 20 million de-identified ChatGPT logs to The New York Times and other plaintiffs in ongoing copyright lawsuit
- The court rejects OpenAI's bid to limit discovery, ruling that privacy considerations cannot predominate where there is clear relevance and minimal burden to the case
- The dispute centers on allegations that OpenAI's models were trained on copyrighted news content without permission, part of broader legal challenges facing AI companies over copyright infringement