OpenAI, Microsoft denied access to New York Times' internal AI chats in copyright case
( September 19, 2025, 23:19 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex summary: OpenAI and Microsoft will not be able to review chat logs from the New York Times' ChatExplorer, an internal tool built on OpenAI's application programming interface, a New York federal magistrate judge ruled. The defendants "have not demonstrated relevance or proportionality of the discovery sought," US Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang found. OpenAI and Microsoft had argued that the chats were relevant to their fair use defenses under US Copyright Law.See attached file. ...
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