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OpenAI must produce 20m anonymized ChatGPT conversations to news outlets, US judge affirms

( January 5, 2026, 17:28 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US District Judge Sidney H. Stein has affirmed Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang's orders directing OpenAI to produce 20 million anonymized ChatGPT user conversations in ongoing copyright litigation with news outlets including the New York Times. "Judge Wang's rulings were neither clearly erroneous nor contrary to law. She adequately balanced ChatGPT users' privacy interests against the relevance of the documents in light of the privacy protections already in place," Stein wrote.See attached file....

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