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OpenAI is storing deleted ChatGPT conversations as part of its NYT lawsuit


OpenAI says the order “weakens privacy protections.”

OpenAI says it’s forced to store deleted ChatGPT conversations “indefinitely” due to a court order issued as part of The New York Times ’ copyright lawsuit against it. The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement in 2023, accusing the companies of “copying and using millions” of the newspaper’s articles to train their AI models. A weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed to tell you everything you need to download, watch, read, listen to, and explore that fits in The Verge’s universe.

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