OpenAI has told an Indian court that any order to remove training data powering its ChatGPT service would be inconsistent with its legal obligations in the United States, according to a recent filing seen by Reuters.

Similar cases have been filed against OpenAI and other companies, including one by the New York Times in the US over claims of using copyrighted content to train AI models.

In three consolidated suits, publishers allege that OpenAI broke copyright law by copying millions of articles without permission or payment. OpenAI counters that the fair use doctrine protects them.

In the most high-profile and closely tracked lawsuit on AI use in India, ANI sued OpenAI in Delhi in November, accusing it of using the news agency's published content without permission to train ChatGPT.

In a Delhi court, OpenAI argues that removing ChatGPT training data breaches US laws amid ANI's lawsuit over unauthorised content use.

Tech giant OpenAI told an Indian court that any order to remove training data used to power ChatGPT's service would conflict with its legal obligations in the United States, Reuters reported citing a recent filing.

OpenAI has stated in a recent court filing that any demand to erase training data used for its ChatGPT service would conflict with its legal duties in the United States, according to Reuters. The firm was responding to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Indian news agency ANI.