The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for using their content to train AI
The New York Times turned to the Federal District Court in Mangetten with a complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft. According to The Wall Street Journal, the media giant claims that tech companies used the publication’s content without permission to create their artificial intelligence products, including OpenAI’s humanoid chatbot ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot. The tools have been trained on millions of pieces of NY content, the publication claims.
The lawsuit calls into question the concept of “fair use” of web content for training artificial intelligence, which is defended by technology companies. The New York Times insists that such use of their intellectual property without payment has been “extremely lucrative” for the defendants, contributing to a significant increase in their value.
The lawsuit seeks billions of dollars in damages and the destruction of AI models trained on the publication’s materials. This incident could trigger a legal battle over generative artificial intelligence technologies with far-reaching implications for the future of the news publishing business.
OpenAI and Microsoft have not yet commented on the lawsuit.
