OpenAI was ordered by a U.S. District Judge to produce 20 million anonymized ChatGPT logs to plaintiffs in a consolidated copyright infringement lawsuit. The company attempted to limit discovery to conversations specifically referencing the plaintiffs’ works, but the court affirmed that the broader sample remained relevant to the fair use defense and market impact analysis. Judge Sidney Stein ruled that privacy concerns were adequately addressed through de-identification safeguards and existing protective orders.
