OpenAI has appealed a court ruling from last month that forces it to retain ChatGPT data indefinitely as part of a copyright violation case brought by The New York Times in 2023. CEO Sam Altman said in a tweet on X that the judge's decision "compromises our users' privacy" and "sets a bad precedent.

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

OpenAI is appealing an order in a copyright case filed by the New York Times (NYSE:NYT) that requires it to save ChatGPT output data indefinitely, noting that the order conflicts with privacy commitments it has made with users.