The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, the two companies responsible for ChatGPT. North American Daily He accuses the companies of allegedly violating the standards Regulating intellectual property and copyrights.
The post accuses Microsoft and OpenAI of creating a business model based on “massive copyright infringement.” According to the newspaper, this generative AI system “explores and, in many cases, preserves” portions of copyrighted articles.
The lawsuit seeks to compensate for “billions of dollars in moral and material damages” that the newspaper's owner believes is owed due to “the illegal copying and use of the uniquely valuable works of The New York Times.”
In the current situation, Quoted by CNBCThe newspaper acknowledges the power of artificial intelligence “for journalism and the public,” but warns that “these tools still depend on independent journalism, whose content is only available because we and our colleagues report, edit, and fact-check at great expense and with great expertise.”
The newspaper adds: “Copyright law protects our journalism. If Microsoft and OpenAI wanted to use our work for commercial purposes, the law required them to get our permission first, but they have not done that.”
The newspaper is represented by the law firm Susman Godfrey – which reached a $787 million settlement when it represented Dominion Voting Systems, in a lawsuit that accused Fox News of defamation. This company also has other lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft, over ChatGPT, one of its clients is writer Julian Sancton.
In December, the companies that own ChatGPT attempted to placate the media by signing an agreement with Axel Springer — the parent company of Business Insider, Politico, and European media outlets Bild and Welt — to reproduce its content in exchange for undisclosed financial compensation.
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