NYT sues Microsoft and ChatGPT developers for training artificial intelligence on its materials
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The New York Times is suing Microsoft and OpenAI, claiming that artificial intelligence models were trained on its content without permission.
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.
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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.
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.
