New York Times-led newspapers ask court to sanction OpenAI over discovery in copyright case
9 juil. 2026 · Collecté automatiquement à partir de sources publiques. Non vérifié par une personne.
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What happened
On 9 July 2026, the news plaintiffs led by The New York Times - including the New York Daily News and 15 other media organisations - asked a federal court in Manhattan to sanction OpenAI in their copyright dispute, filing a motion for sanctions and a supporting memorandum (Dkt. 1617 and 1618) in *The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corporation*, No. 1:23-cv-11195 (S.D.N.Y.), part of the consolidated *In re OpenAI, Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation*.
What the motion alleges
The publishers allege that OpenAI falsely told the court it could not search its training datasets or ChatGPT output logs for the publishers' copyrighted content, while having searched those systems for the publishers' content before the first news plaintiff filed suit. They also allege that OpenAI deleted billions of relevant ChatGPT conversations, or made them unsearchable, and continued deleting logs even after the court ordered it to preserve and segregate relevant ChatGPT output data. The publishers asked the court for sanctions including attorneys' fees and a finding that ChatGPT outputs showed the company misused their reporting. These are allegations in the plaintiffs' filing, not findings by the court.
Where it stands
A court order dated 14 July 2026 set the briefing schedule: the motion was deemed filed on 9 July 2026, OpenAI's opposition was due by 13 August 2026, and the news plaintiffs' reply by 10 September 2026. OpenAI opposed the motion in August 2026, arguing it did not violate a preservation order or misrepresent its ability to search for copyrighted material. No ruling on the sanctions motion had been reported at the time this item was collected.