The New York Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I Copyright Concerns
In a significant legal development, The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement related to the unauthorized use of its published content to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, including ChatGPT. The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, contends that millions of articles from The Times were utilized to train automated chatbots, creating competition for the renowned news outlet as a reliable information source.
While the lawsuit does not specify a monetary demand, it holds the defendants accountable for “billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages” arising from the “unlawful copying and use of The Times’s uniquely valuable works.” The legal action calls for the destruction of chatbot models and training data