OpenAI has informed an Indian court that its ChatGPT service might come under conflict with its legal duties in the US, given any order demanding removal of the training data that powers its service, according to reports.

Additionally, the Microsoft-backed AI company claimed that it was outside the purview of Indian courts to consider a copyright infringement action filed by local news organizations.

In November, a lawsuit against OpenAI in Delhi, alleged that it had used its published content to train ChatGPT without authorization.

Similarly, other companies have also faced a fair share of such lawsuits from renowned copyright owners over the misuse of their work to train AI models, including a case initiated by the New York Times against OpenAI in the US.

Over a course of time, OpenAI has constantly denied the accusations, claiming that its AI systems use data that is freely accessible to the public.

It had informed the Delhi court during a hearing in November that it would no longer use the media house’s content, but the news organization contended that its published works were saved in ChatGPT's memory and ought to be removed.

According to OpenAI's Jan. 10 submission, the company is claimed to be defending against lawsuits in the US pertaining to the data used to train its models, and the rules there require it to keep the data safe while proceedings are ongoing.

Furthermore, OpenAI stated that the relief sought by the media organization was outside the purview of Indian courts and was not subject to their procedures.

The New Delhi court is expected to hear the matter on Jan. 28.

OpenAI has been gearing up to shift from a non-profit corporation into a for-profit firm as it aims to acquire even more cash to stay ahead in the costly AI race after raising $6.6 billion last year.