[Multiple Media Outlets Accuse OpenAI of Concealing Infringement Evidence, Request Penalty] According to a report by Jinse Finance, on July 10, multiple media outlets, including *The New York Times*, have petitioned a federal judge to impose penalties on OpenAI. The ongoing battle over artificial intelligence and copyright continues to escalate and may profoundly shape the future direction of the struggling news industry. Several newspapers have accused the ChatGPT developer of deliberately concealing critical evidence. This case is expected to become a landmark copyright infringement lawsuit, with the core dispute revolving around whether OpenAI and Microsoft built their AI technology systems by leveraging millions of news articles. The key issue in the case is whether AI chatbots serving as information sources constitute unfair competition—they divert website traffic directly without investing in the editorial manpower required for news gathering and production. On Thursday local time, the plaintiffs filed legal documents with the Manhattan federal court, accusing OpenAI of refusing to provide evidence that could verify how its AI system utilized copyrighted news content in its training datasets and ChatGPT operation logs, thereby deliberately obstructing judicial discovery. The plaintiffs have requested the judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI for its "discovery violations," arguing that such actions could compromise the chain of evidence. Testimony from a recent deposition of an OpenAI employee has already contradicted the company's previous statements.