OpenAI has appealed a court order that requires it to retain consumer ChatGPT and API data indefinitely, citing conflict with its privacy commitments.
The order came in response to a demand from The New York Times and other plaintiffs in a lawsuit against OpenAI, who believe the data might help their case.
OpenAI CEO stated the order is an overreach and the company is appealing it. The order requires OpenAI to preserve ChatGPT output data indefinitely.
OpenAI's data retention policies vary by account type and the company generally permanently removes deleted chats within 30 days, except when legally required to retain them.