The case began in December 2023, with the NYT suing Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement. OpenAI denied the allegations, claiming that the NYT must have hacked its ChatGPT to make it reproduce NYT content. Microsoft, a major investor in OpenAI, responded to the allegations by comparing the dispute to attempts to stifle the growth of VCR technology in the 1980s. The NYT's lead counsel, Ian Crosby, countered this comparison, stating that VCR makers never argued that it was necessary to engage in massive copyright infringement to build their products.
Key takeaways:
- The New York Times (NYT) and OpenAI are engaged in a legal battle over allegations of copyright infringement, with the NYT claiming OpenAI used 'millions' of its articles to train large language models.
- In a recent filing, the NYT dismissed OpenAI's defense as 'spin' and accused the AI company of not addressing the main claim of copyright infringement.
- The case started in December 2023 when the NYT sued Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement, alleging that its content had been used without permission in the training of OpenAI's models.
- Microsoft, which has heavily invested in OpenAI, responded to the allegations in March 2024, comparing the dispute to attempts to stifle VCR technology in the 1980s and describing the NYT's claims as 'doomsday futurology.'