The lawsuit is one of several against OpenAI, with others from author George R.R. Martin, John Grisham, the Authors Guild, and comedian Sarah Silverman. In response to these legal challenges, Altman proposed a system to compensate creators for the use of their work, suggesting an opt-in model where creators could earn micropayments whenever their name, likeness, or style is used to generate content. He emphasized the need for new economic models to provide creators with new revenue streams.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has criticized the New York Times for its lawsuit against the company and Microsoft over alleged copyright infringement, suggesting the newspaper is on the 'wrong side of history'.
- The lawsuit accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of using New York Times articles to train AI models without obtaining proper licensing or permission.
- OpenAI has refuted the claims, suggesting that the Times manipulated prompts to make its AI model, ChatGPT, generate responses that would support its allegations.
- Altman has proposed a new economic model to prevent future copyright disputes, suggesting an opt-in system where creators are compensated with micropayments whenever their work is used to generate content.