Microsoft's counter-suit also claims that the NYT's assertion that OpenAI is a threat to its business model and to journalism and society at large is not how people actually use its products. The tech giant is looking forward to litigating the issues in the case, particularly the question of whether AI using copyrighted material is right or fair, and whether courts will consider this in the face of the potential financial benefits of the technology.
Key takeaways:
- The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, accusing them of using its copyrighted news articles to train their large language models (LLMs) without permission or payment.
- OpenAI has responded by saying the lawsuit is without merit and accused the newspaper of not telling the full story, as they had been in partnership negotiations prior to the lawsuit.
- Microsoft has filed its own suit, accusing the NYT of pushing "doomsday futurology" and arguing that the use of content to train LLMs is transformative and fair use under copyright law.
- Microsoft's counter-suit raises the question of whether AI using copyrighted material is right or fair, and whether courts will consider this in the face of the potential financial benefits of the technology.