The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in the Manhattan Federal District Court today, claiming that the other company “used millions of articles without authorization” to train its AI model, resulting in its AI-generated The content will now “directly compete” with content from The New York Times.
The New York Times claims that the large language model (LLM) that powers ChatGPT and Copilot “can generate word-for-word recitations of New York Times content, summarize it and output it in a style that mimics its presentation,” which “undermines” it. relationships with readers, while also depriving them of “subscription, licensing, advertising and affiliate revenue.”
The New York Times said that launching such AI models trained on New York Times content would be “extremely profitable” for both Microsoft and OpenAI.
The publication claimed it had tried to negotiate with the two companies “for months to ensure fair value for the use of their content,” but was unable to reach an agreement.
NAIJATECHNEWS noticed that the New York Times had previously blocked OpenAI’s web crawler, prohibiting the company from using content crawled from its website to train its AI model.
In response to this lawsuit, the New York Times demanded that the other company bear “billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages” for allegedly copying its works.
The New York Times lawsuit states: “Through Microsoft’s Bing Chat (recently rebranded as “Copilot”) and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the defendants attempted to free ride on The New York Times’s massive investment in journalism without permission or payment. Leverage those investments to create alternatives.”
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