OpenAI is accused of hiding evidence that it can search logs for regurgitation
the new york times claims openai hid its ability to search logs and training data for copyrighted works, contradicting its claims of technical burden. this alleges openai possessed tools to track regurgitation while denying them in court.
the new york times and daily news accused openai of misleading the court regarding its ability to identify copyrighted works in its training data and chat logs. deposition testimony from engineer vinnie monaco contradicted openai's claims, revealing it had built internal search tools and maintained a database of 78 million de-identified conversations. the plaintiffs allege openai violated preservation orders by deleting data and submitting a redacted sample of 20 million logs rendered unusable. they are asking the judge to sanction openai and prevent the company from using the current log samples as evidence. openai denies the allegations, claiming the times is attempting to invade user privacy as its case weakens.