OpenAI's business model, which involves scraping the internet for data to train its algorithms, has led to multiple lawsuits from artists, authors, journalists, and filmmakers. The Times' lawsuit is seen as one of the most promising legal attacks on the AI industry's business model, which critics have labeled as "theft." OpenAI has been trying to get the lawsuit dismissed.
Key takeaways:
- The New York Times is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, alleging that the tech startup used its journalistic material to train its chatbot, ChatGPT, without paying licensing fees.
- OpenAI has countered these accusations by claiming that the New York Times had "hacked" its products, alleging that the newspaper paid someone to exploit a bug in its products.
- OpenAI's business model involves scraping large amounts of content from the internet, including work from artists, authors, journalists, and filmmakers, to train its algorithms. This has led to multiple lawsuits against the company.
- The lawsuit from the New York Times is considered one of the most promising legal attacks on the AI industry's business model, which some critics have referred to as "theft."