I ask again, why not anonymizing the data? That way NYT/the court could see if users are bypassing the paywall through ChatGPT while preserving privacy.
Even if I wrote it, I don't care if someone read out loud in public court "user <insert_hash_here> said: <insert nastiest thing you can think of here>"
You can't really anonymize the data if the conversation itself is full of PII.
I had colleagues chat with GPT, and they send all kinds of identifying information to it.