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The Gray Lady’s Data Dragnet: How One Court Order Just Nuked ChatGPT Privacy

NYT’s copyright crusade weaponizes discovery, forcing OpenAI to warehouse every private prompt—jeopardizing public trust in AI in the name of journalism.

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Jun 07, 2025
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I think we all need to know this, so I’m pulling it from behind the paywall and I’m sending it right now instead of waiting until Monday.

It’s absolutely horrifying. And no, I’m not going to comment on the merits of the case itself. My focus here is exclusively on the choice that the NYT made to ask for Judge Wang to archive every single piece of text t…

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