OpenAI has filed a motion in a Manhattan federal court to dismiss parts of a copyright lawsuit brought against it by The New York Times, alleging that the newspaper engaged in unethical practices to build its case. According to OpenAI, The New York Times 'hacked' its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, using deceptive prompts that violated the company's terms of service. This action, OpenAI claims, was aimed at making ChatGPT reproduce The New York Times' material, thereby generating misleading evidence for the lawsuit. OpenAI further alleges that The New York Times paid someone to carry out this hacking, leading to 'highly anomalous' outputs that resembled old articles from the newspaper. This motion is part of an ongoing legal battle between the two entities, with OpenAI challenging the lawsuit's basis by questioning the methods used to gather evidence against it.