The New York Times is seeking statutory and compensatory damages, restitution and relief, and the destruction of large language models (LLMs) that include its work. The lawsuit also calls for the prevention of similar conduct in the future. This case follows a trend of groups whose copyrighted material has been used to train AI programs filing lawsuits over their use without consent.
Key takeaways:
- The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, accusing them of using its copyrighted content to build the AI program ChatGPT without compensation.
- The newspaper seeks statutory and compensatory damages, restitution and relief, as well as the destruction of large language models (LLMs) including the New York Times’ work and prevention of similar conduct.
- OpenAI and Microsoft face a class action lawsuit claiming they violated copyright laws through the theft of nonfiction authors’ work without permission or compensation.
- The case is The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corporation, et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-11195, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.