The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement on Wednesday, reopening a dispute over the unauthorized use of published works to train artificial intelligence technologies.
The Times is the first major U.S. media organization to sue the creator of ChatGPT and other popular artificial intelligence platforms over copyright to his writings.
The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Manhattan, alleges that millions of articles published by the Times were used to train automated chatbots that now compete with news media as a source of reliable information. The lawsuit does not specify the exact amount of damages, but according to the New York Times itself it is billions of dollars.
The defendant companies must also destroy all chatbot models and training data that use Times copyrighted material.
The newspaper underlines that already during the year it had tried to start a dialogue with the companies and thus find a peaceful way forward. OpenAI spokeswoman Lindsey Held said the company had been constructive in its conversations with the Times and was “surprised and disappointed” by the lawsuit.
“We respect the rights of content creators and owners and are committed to working with them to ensure they benefit from AI technology and new revenue models,” Held said in a statement. “We hope to find a mutually beneficial way to work together, as we do with many other publishers,” she added. Microsoft declined to comment on the case.
2023-12-31 20:40:29
#Times #suing #creators #chatbots #learned #lyrics