OpenAI has appealed a court ruling from last month that forces it to retain ChatGPT data indefinitely as part of a copyright violation case brought by The New York Times in 2023. CEO Sam Altman said in a tweet on X that the judge's decision "compromises our users' privacy" and "sets a bad precedent.

A US District court told OpenAI to retain all ChatGPT outputs as the investigation into whether OpenAI broke The New York Times’ copyright continues.

OpenAI (OPENAI) is challenging a court order that requires it to indefinitely preserve user output data from ChatGPT, arguing the mandate violates its privacy commitments. The order stems from an ongoing copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times.