A group of news organizations led by The New York Times asks a federal judge to sanction OpenAI in a copyright lawsuit tied to ChatGPT. The outlets, which include the New York Daily News and others, argue that OpenAI withheld or failed to produce evidence they say is important to their claims that OpenAI improperly used their copyrighted material to train its models. The filing, submitted in Manhattan federal court, contends that OpenAI made an incorrect assertion that it could not search for or provide certain requested information, and that this conduct has obstructed the discovery process. The outlets are seeking court sanctions as the case proceeds, framing the dispute as potentially significant for how courts address evidence production and copyright allegations in AI training. OpenAI has not accepted the characterization of its conduct in the summaries provided, and the judge has not yet ruled on whether sanctions are warranted. The request escalates a broader legal fight over how generative AI systems use copyrighted works.