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 is appealing an order in a copyright case brought by the New York Times that requires it to preserve ChatGPT output data indefinitely, arguing that the order conflicts with privacy commitments it has made with users.

OpenAI has appealed a court ruling from last month that forces it to retain ChatGPT data indefinitely as part of a New York Times copyright violation case.