cour d'appel de paris — pôle 1, chambre 2 — arrêt du 26 juin 2025 — rg 24/19358

ChatGPT ai output offered as evidence

I. Executive Summary

The appeal concerned an interim order about restitution/access to cloud-hosted business data after termination of a software subscription. One party produced a ChatGPT excerpt and appeared to treat it as proof that the other party had the necessary access credentials. The court found the appellant did not demonstrate that the data were accessible as claimed and confirmed the interim order. It also awarded appeal costs and a further fee under article 700 of the code of civil procedure.

II. Conduct Analysis

The appellant filed a ChatGPT excerpt as an exhibit, apparently to support its position that the respondent had the necessary access to retrieve data. The respondent argued this was not reliable proof because the cloud infrastructure was hosted/controlled by the appellant’s provider setup.

III. Legal Foundations

Articles 872 and 873, code de procédure civile Article 700, code de procédure civile

IV. Key Facts

1) The respondent stated that the appellant produced a ChatGPT excerpt as purported proof that access credentials existed, while arguing access depended on the appellant’s cloud hosting. 2) The court held the appellant failed to prove data accessibility with the evidence produced and identified a manifestly unlawful disturbance requiring immediate accessibility/restoration. 3) The court confirmed the interim order and allocated costs against the appellant.

V. Consequences & Sanction

1) Appeal dismissed, the interim order was confirmed in all respects. 2) Appellant ordered to pay appeal costs and 4,000 euros to the respondent under article 700 (appeal).