Although OpenAI has continually slammed the New York Times' copyright lawsuit, the case isn't as meritless as the company claims.

OpenAI has appealed a court ruling from last month that forces it to retain ChatGPT data indefinitely as part of a New York Times copyright violation case.

OpenAI is appealing an order in a copyright case brought by the New York Times that requires it to preserve ChatGPT output data indefinitely, arguing that the order conflicts with privacy commitments it has made with users.