OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats

OpenAI is fighting a court order that requires it to preserve all ChatGPT user logs, including deleted and API chats, after news organizations suing over copyright accused the company of destroying evidence. OpenAI argues the May 13 order was premature, lacks just cause, and forces it to override users' privacy choices, with the order continuing to affect hundreds of millions of users globally. OpenAI also says the order imposes significant burdens, including months of engineering work at substantial cost, and it has asked for oral arguments and the order's immediate vacatur. Judge Ona Wang previously justified the order partly on the news plaintiffs' claim that the volume of deleted conversations is significant.