05:41 PM EST, 11/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with New York Times' ( NYT ) response in the last paragraph.)

Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI said Wednesday that New York Times' ( NYT ) demand for over 20 million ChatGPT user conversations, as part of the lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company, disregards privacy protections.

New York Times' ( NYT ) demand will "force us to turn over tens of millions of highly personal conversations from people who have no connection to the Times' baseless lawsuit against OpenAI," said OpenAI's chief information security officer Dane Stuckey in a blog.

Stuckey added that that the company is asking the court to reject New York Times' ( NYT ) demand.

Spokesperson of New York Times ( NYT ) told MT Newswires in an emailed statement that "No ChatGPT user's privacy is at risk. The court ordered OpenAI to provide a sample of chats, anonymized by OpenAI itself, under a legal protective order."