NY Times sues Open AI, Microsoft over copyright infringement

Key Points:

  • The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI-developed tools undermine The New York Times’ relationship with its readers by providing Times content without permission, undermining its revenue streams, and potentially damaging its reputation.
  • The suit goes beyond addressing the use of copyrighted material in training AI systems, also highlighting how AI-generated output can include misinformation, circumvent paywalls, and affect the revenue streams and reputations of content creators.
  • The lawsuit targets OpenAI and Microsoft, seeking to address various alleged copyright infringement, DMCA, and trademark violations, and demands the destruction of datasets used for training the AI, as well as significant financial compensation and permanent injunctive relief.

Summary:

The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the companies’ AI tools infringe on copyrighted material, undermine the newspaper’s paywall, and damage its reputation by generating misinformation. The suit seeks the destruction of datasets used for training the AI, the erasure of any instances of the AI trained using the Times’ material, and substantial monetary damages.

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