(Corrects to clarify in headline and story that OpenAI is challenging an order within NYT lawsuit)

(Reuters) - OpenAI said on Thursday it is challenging a court order that it retain consumer ChatGPT and API customer data indefinitely in a lawsuit brought against it by The New York Times.

(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler and Tom Hogue)