TMTPOST -- OpenAI is appealing a court order that requires it to indefinitely preserve ChatGPT output data as part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit filed by The New York Times, arguing the directive conflicts with its user privacy commitments.  Last month, a judge ordered OpenAI to retain and isolate all output logs after the Times requested the data be preserved for legal review. On June 3, OpenAI formally asked U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein to vacate the order, court filings show. “We will fight any demand that compromises our users’ privacy; this is a core principle,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote on X Thursday. “We think this was an inappropriate request that sets a bad precedent.”