A recent development involving OpenAI and The New York Times is proving just that. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is currently locked in a legal struggle that could have significant implications for user privacy and how AI companies handle our data.

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.

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.