In its defense, Microsoft compared the lawsuit to Hollywood studios' attempts to stop the introduction of the VCR, a technology that eventually opened up new revenue streams for the industry. Microsoft argued that LLMs are a breakthrough in artificial intelligence and that its collaboration with OpenAI aims to bring their extraordinary power to the public, as it believes in their capacity to improve the way people live and work.
Key takeaways:
- Microsoft has filed a motion to dismiss key parts of a lawsuit filed by The New York Times, which accuses Microsoft and OpenAI of copyright infringement.
- The Times alleges that the companies used its published articles to train their GPT large language models (LLMs) without permission and compensation.
- Microsoft has accused The Times of pushing "doomsday futurology" and crafting "unrealistic prompts" to make the AI tools produce responses matching its content.
- Microsoft compared the lawsuit to Hollywood studios' attempts to stop the VCR, arguing that just like the VCR, LLMs could open up new revenue streams and improve the way people live and work.