The company is seeking to dismiss three claims, including liability for end-user copyright infringement and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Microsoft also wants to dismiss the claim that it misappropriated time-sensitive news and consumer purchasing recommendations. The Times' concerns about potential revenue loss from users asking ChatGPT to research articles on Wirecutter, a company it owns, were dismissed by Microsoft as "mere speculation". The case is one of several lawsuits faced by Microsoft and OpenAI over the content used to train the AI models.
Key takeaways:
- Microsoft has filed a motion to dismiss key parts of a lawsuit filed by The New York Times, which accuses the company and OpenAI of copyright infringement for using its articles to train their GPT large language models (LLMs) without permission.
- Microsoft has accused The Times of pushing "doomsday futurology" and crafting "unrealistic prompts" to provoke the AI tools to produce responses matching its content.
- The company is seeking to dismiss three claims, including one that says it's liable for end-user copyright infringement through the use of GPT-based tools and another that says it violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
- Other lawsuits have been filed against Microsoft and OpenAI by nonfiction writers, fiction authors, and media outlets including The Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet, accusing the companies of using their content for AI training without proper attribution.