OpenAI opposition to chat production reads like 'press release,' newspapers say
( November 12, 2025, 23:38 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex summary: OpenAI's request to reverse an order requiring it to produce 20 million ChatGPT user conversations lacks merit and "reads like a barely disguised press release," counsel for the New York Times and other newspapers said. The papers urged US Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang not to reconsider her order in ongoing copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft, saying OpenAI's privacy concerns aren't warranted. They have "already been thoroughly addressed by the anonymization work News Plaintiffs agreed OpenAI could do before production," the papers wrote.See attached file....
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