The New York Times has announced that it has filed a lawsuit
a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of copyright infringement
unauthorized use of the publication's materials in training models of
artificial intelligence models, reports UNN.
Details
The newspaper reported that it became
the first major US news outlet to sue the developers of
ChatGPT and other popular AI platforms for copyright infringement,
related to its materials.
The lawsuit claims that the training of chatbots
which now compete with news agencies and claim to be a source of
of reliable information, millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots.
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The claim does not specify the exact amount of compensation
damages, but it emphasizes
that the defendants should be held liable for "billions of dollars in statutory and actual
of statutory and actual damages" related to the "unlawful copying and
use of works of unique value".
The plaintiff also demands the destruction of chatbot models
and training data that use copyrighted materials.
copyrighted materials. There was no comment from OpenAI and Microsoft.
Addendum
The New York Times noted that in April
attempted to resolve the conflict out of court in April, contacting
Microsoft and OpenAI, expressing concern about the use of its
intellectual property and offered commercial and technological means to protect its rights.
to protect its rights, including imposing restrictions on generative AI, but the negotiations did not
resulted in no progress.