OpenAI has told an Indian court that removing the data used to train its ChatGPT AI model would go against US legal requirements, as per a recent report by Reuters. The case, brought by the Indian news agency Asian News International (ANI), accuses OpenAI of using ANI's content without permission to train its AI system and demands the deletion of any stored data.

As per the Reuters report, in a January 10 court filing, OpenAI argued that US laws require it to keep its training data while legal cases involving the data are ongoing. OpenAI also claimed that the Delhi High Court does not have jurisdiction over the matter because the company has no operations in India.

ANI filed the lawsuit in November, saying OpenAI used its published news content without consent and stored it in ChatGPT's system. While OpenAI agreed in a previous hearing to stop using ANI's content, the agency insists that existing data should also be erased, states the report.

The case is part of a larger global debate about how AI companies use data. OpenAI has faced similar lawsuits, including one from The New York Times, and maintains that it relies on fair use of publicly available information.