OpenAI slams New York Times for demanding ChatGPT logs to crack down on paywall bypassing in lawsuit

Published November 12, 2025 12:34pm ET



OpenAI is challenging the New York Times’s efforts to access millions of private ChatGPT user conversations to support the newspaper’s lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company.

OpenAI said Wednesday it is taking “steps to comply” with the newspaper’s request “because we must follow the law.”

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