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OpenAI fights New York Times demand for 20M private ChatGPT chats

Ellsworth Toohey
Nov 13, 2025
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OpenAI says The New York Times wants it to hand over 20 million private ChatGPT conversations from December 2022 to November 2024.

OpenAI claims that the Times is seeking examples of people using ChatGPT to circumvent the Times’ paywall. OpenAI’s security chief calls it “baseless,” noting most conversations have ze…

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