It's common for a judge to preserve records in litigation, said Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor.
According to Calo, the court order doesn't technically violate OpenAI's terms of service, which say the company must retain data to comply with legal orders. But it raises "a very important legal question about what the people that make AI owe to the people who own the copyright behind the training data."
- Date Published:8.17.2025
- Original Publication: USA Today