OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is challenging a court order that mandates the release of 20 million user chats to The New York Times and other news organizations following a copyright dispute. The company argues that the disclosed logs contain complete conversations, posing a risk of exposing private information beyond individual prompt-output pairs.
In response to the demand, OpenAI proposed sharing 20 million chats as an alternative to the requested 120 million. However, the company asserts that the majority of the conversations, ‘more than 99.99%,’ are unrelated to the case at hand. OpenAI seeks to have the order vacated and requests News Plaintiffs to consider its method for identifying relevant logs.
Furthermore, OpenAI reassured users about privacy concerns, highlighting plans to enhance security measures such as client-side encryption to safeguard ChatGPT conversations. The dispute underscores the growing importance of data privacy in AI applications, particularly in cases involving sensitive information disclosure.
Source: Ars Technica