OpenAI also accuses The New York Times of trying to "monopolize facts" and the "rules of language", arguing that using text data to train AI models, which then generate new content, does not infringe on copyright as it is a transformative use. The case raises questions about the principle of transformative use in copyright law, which is increasingly being applied to AI, and the potential implications for artists and the news industry.
Key takeaways:
- The New York Times is alleged to have paid someone to hack OpenAI's products to engineer the appearance of copyright infringement.
- OpenAI has requested a judge to dismiss parts of the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by The New York Times, arguing that the newspaper hired someone to hack OpenAI to create a basis for the lawsuit.
- OpenAI claims that The New York Times took extraordinary steps to obtain verbatim passages from their own text, which they argue is not the normal manner of using OpenAI’s products.
- OpenAI's filing implies that the New York Times is trying to monopolize facts and the rules of language, arguing that using text data to train AI models, which then generate new content, does not infringe on copyright because it's a transformative use.