{"slug": "news-outlets-seek-sanctions-against-openai-in-copyright-case", "title": "News Outlets Seek Sanctions Against OpenAI in Copyright Case", "summary": "The New York Times and other publishers asked a federal judge on July 9, 2026, to sanction OpenAI for allegedly destroying evidence in a copyright lawsuit, accusing the AI company of deliberately obstructing discovery by hiding training data and ChatGPT logs. The motion, filed in the Southern District of New York, escalates a legal battle that could set precedents for how AI companies must disclose training data in litigation.", "body_md": "Access to training datasets and response logs is a recurring technical and legal fault line; how courts rule on discovery standards for large-model training data will shape auditability and compliance requirements across the industry. According to a motion filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York and reported by the Associated Press and Bloomberg Law, **The New York Times** and several other publishers asked a judge on July 9, 2026, to impose sanctions on **OpenAI** for what the motion describes as a \"deliberate and systemic effort to obstruct discovery.\" The filing alleges OpenAI hid or destroyed the company's ability to search training datasets and ChatGPT output logs, and quotes New York Daily News attorney Steven Lieberman saying OpenAI has been \"making misrepresentations\" for two years, per AP. The motion names multiple news organizations and follows the Times' 2023 suit against OpenAI and Microsoft.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/news-outlets-seek-sanctions-against-openai-in-copyright-case", "canonical_source": "https://letsdatascience.com/news/news-outlets-seek-sanctions-against-openai-in-copyright-case-49347ae3", "published_at": "2026-07-09 15:23:21+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 16:11:30.790494+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["The New York Times", "OpenAI", "New York Daily News", "Steven Lieberman", "Microsoft", "US District Court for the Southern District of New York"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/news-outlets-seek-sanctions-against-openai-in-copyright-case", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/news-outlets-seek-sanctions-against-openai-in-copyright-case.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/news-outlets-seek-sanctions-against-openai-in-copyright-case.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/news-outlets-seek-sanctions-against-openai-in-copyright-case.jsonld"}}