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.