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OpenAI says giving ChatGPT conversations to news outlets violates users’ privacy (corrects*)

By Amy Miller ( November 12, 2025, 21:55 GMT | Insight) -- OpenAI is trying to reverse a court order requiring the company to turn over more than 20 million anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in copyright infringement litigation filed by The New York Times and other news outlets, arguing it would violate users’ privacy. OpenAI “cannot stand by while the Times convinces this Court to undervalue the privacy interests of tens of millions of users for the Times’s financial benefit,” OpenAI said.OpenAI is seeking to reverse a court order that requires the company to turn over more than 20 million anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in copyright infringement litigation brought by The New York Times and other news outlets, arguing it would violate users’ privacy....

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