OpenAI is now storing deleted ChatGPT conversations indefinitely due to a court order tied to The New York Times’ ongoing copyright lawsuit.
The company says it is appealing the ruling, which overrides its existing policy of erasing deleted chats after 30 days.
The order compels OpenAI to retain all output logs, regardless of user deletion requests or data privacy laws.
This change affects ChatGPT users on Free, Pro, Plus, and Team plans but excludes Enterprise, Edu, and zero-data-retention business agreements.
OpenAI insists the stored data will be restricted to a small internal legal and security team for litigation purposes only.
The New York Times filed the lawsuit in 2023, alleging that OpenAI and Microsoft infringed on its copyrights by using its content to train AI models.
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