Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Simon Willison @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net

6/5/2025, 2:24:28 PM

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OpenAI are now under a court order to permanently preserve logs of temporary conversations or paid API usage (previously subject to a 30 day retention policy) - a new twist in the now 17 month lawsuit between the New York Times and OpenAI https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/5/openai-court-order/

OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats

This is very worrying. The New York Times v OpenAI lawsuit, now in its 17th month, includes accusations that OpenAI's models can output verbatim copies of New York Times content …

simonwillison.net · Simon Willison’s Weblog

Tom Morris @tommorris@mastodon.social

6/5/2025, 7:06:26 PM

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@simonSimon Willison Having read a fair chunk of the relevant docs, I'd quibble about "permanently".

Both sides are saying "we have further arguments to make on the importance/proportionality of preservation" so the judge has said "OK, preserve it until that is decided". Which is fairly normal.

On the privacy law issue, one of the discovery points that's ongoing is whether OpenAI can reliably separate data about US users. If they can, they wouldn't have to follow the preservation order for non-US data.

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