What is known

According to media reports, the publication has been negotiating with OpenAI for several months to sign a license agreement that would allow the startup to use NYT content to train large-scale language models. However, they turned out to be “tense”: journalists feared that AI would take away their jobs.

It is currently unknown whether OpenAI has actually violated copyright. If confirmed, the company could face a fine of $150,000 for each violation.

OpenAI has often been criticized by other news outlets. CEO of News Corp. Robert Thomson was outraged by the company’s actions at a media conference in May 2023.

“[AI] is designed in such a way that the reader will never visit a news site, which undermines the profession of journalism,” he said.