- The New York Times requests that all Chatgpt conversations be kept as part of its trial against Openai and Microsoft
- This would mean that a recording of all your chatgpt conversations would be preserved, potentially forever
- OPENAI maintains that discussions with AI should be a private conversation
In December 2023, the New York Times launched a lawsuit against Openai and Microsoft, alleging a copyright violation. The New York Times alleys that Optai had formed its Chatgpt model, which also feeds Microsoft’s co -pilot, in “copy and using millions” of its items without authorization.
The trial is still underway, and as part of it, the New York Times (and other complainants involved in the case) have applied for Openai to keep data from consumers and API customers, who brought to X.com to tweeter, “we recently thought of the need to speak. To an AI should be like talking to a lawyer or a doctor.
Recently, the NYT asked a court to force us not to delete any user cats. We believe that it was an inappropriate demand that establishes a bad precedent. We attract the decision. We will fight against any request that compromises the privacy of our users; This is a basic principle.June 6, 2025
OPENAI describes the New York Times trial as “baseless”, and in a long post on the OpenAi website entitled “How we respond to the requests for data from the New York Times to protect the confidentiality of users”, Openai presents his approach to confidentiality.
Brad Lightcap, COO, OPENAI, says that the request of NYT “is fundamentally in conflict with the confidentiality commitments that we have taken towards our users. He abandons long -standing confidentiality standards and weakens privacy. ”
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While more and more people share intimate details of their life with AI chatbots, who often assume the role of a therapist, I can appreciate the need to keep the conversations in private AIs, I can also see the point of view of the NYT only if there are evidence that supports all of this against Openai, then she must have access to these data without being able to declare it as too private.
For the moment, a chatgpt cat is deleted from your account immediately when you delete conversation and planned for the permanent deletion of OPENAI systems within 30 days. The order would mean that even deleted chatgpt conversations should be kept by OpenAi.
As a chatgpt user, I have always appreciated the possibility of being able to completely delete conversations. If Openai is forced to comply with this request, this will affect almost all those who use the service, on a free, more, pro team or (but not Enterprise or Edu account holders).
The order also does not have an impact on API customers who use zero data retention termination points as part of the OPENAI ZDR amendment.
Openai said that he had appealed to the ordinance of the district court and inform us when he knows more.
