Overview

• OpenAI is contesting a June court order in The New York Times copyright suit that demands preservation of all ChatGPT user logs indefinitely
• Under its current data policy, ChatGPT Free, Plus and Pro chats are erased after 30 days unless legal or security needs require retention
• OpenAI employees have access to user conversations to improve the AI model and detect misuse, unlike end-to-end-encrypted services
• Sam Altman told Theo Von that therapy-style chats with ChatGPT carry no legal privilege and could be produced in court
• He urged urgent passage of laws that would extend therapist-level confidentiality to AI-based conversations