NYT Requests Sanctions Against OpenAI at Court Over 'Concealed Data Search Capabilities' Allegations

The New York Times (NYT) and other outlets allege OpenAI hid key evidence and made false statements in a copyright lawsuit, requesting sanctions against the company. They claim OpenAI falsely asserted its AI systems cannot search for copyrighted content, while internally conducting article searches and analyses before the lawsuit. The case follows NYT's 2023 lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using millions of articles without permission to train AI models. NYT alleges OpenAI conducted 78 million anonymized chat records analyses before the lawsuit and used internal systems like Project Giraffe to track content reproduction. OpenAI is accused of deleting or rendering data inaccessible to violate court orders, prompting demands to exclude submitted records, acknowledge content replication, and hold OpenAI accountable for legal costs.