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News orgs win fight to access 20M ChatGPT logs. Now they want more.
OpenAI’s loss in privacy fight could lead to sharing even more deleted chats.
TL;DR
- OpenAI's request to keep 20 million ChatGPT logs private in a copyright infringement lawsuit was denied by US District Judge Sidney Stein.
- Judge Stein affirmed Magistrate Judge Ona Wang's order to produce the logs, stating that user privacy was adequately considered through data reduction and de-identification.
- News organizations, led by The New York Times, believe the logs will contain evidence of copyright infringement and trademark dilution by OpenAI's chatbots.
- News plaintiffs are also seeking sanctions against OpenAI, alleging the company destroyed relevant data by failing to suspend deletion practices after litigation began.
- OpenAI is accused of preserving data that supports its defense while deleting data that could be used against it, unlike Microsoft with its Copilot logs.
- The plaintiffs are requesting that deleted logs be retrieved and that OpenAI explain the scope of destroyed data and the possibility of restoration.