Overview
- U.S. District Judge Ona T. Wang issued an Oct. 9 order ending the requirement that OpenAI indefinitely preserve all deleted and temporary ChatGPT logs.
- Chat records previously saved under the earlier preservation order remain available to the news plaintiffs for review.
- OpenAI must continue retaining and monitoring chats for accounts or domains the New York Times designates, with the plaintiffs allowed to add more over time.
- The order allows OpenAI to delete going‑forward chat data after Sept. 26 except for data tied to flagged accounts.
- The larger copyright fight continues, with reporting noting Microsoft’s push to keep Copilot out of the case and suggestions that insurers could pressure OpenAI toward settlement.