Judge denies creating “mass surveillance program” harming all ChatGPT users
10 months ago
- #Privacy
- #OpenAI
- #Legal
- A court ordered OpenAI to indefinitely retain all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats, for potential evidence in a copyright lawsuit.
- Two users attempted to intervene but were rejected—one for not hiring a lawyer, another for insufficient legal grounds.
- The second user, Aidan Hunt, argued the order created a 'nationwide mass surveillance program,' violating user privacy and Fourth Amendment rights.
- Hunt claimed OpenAI's retention of outputs still risks exposing sensitive inputs, as outputs often restate user questions or topics.
- Users were unaware of the data retention policy change until discovering it through online forums, not official communication.