OpenAI accused of lying to hide evidence in copyright battle with news outlets

News organizations led by The New York Times have filed a sanctions motion against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of repeatedly lying to conceal evidence that ChatGPT users bypassed paywalls to read articles. The evidence is critical to the copyright case and could determine whether OpenAI is liable for infringement or protected by fair use. OpenAI had fought to keep the logs private, calling the request a privacy nightmare, but the plaintiffs now claim those efforts were part of a pattern of deception.