The lawsuit is part of a series of legal complaints against generative AI developers, including a previous lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft for their use of open-source code to train the GitHub Copilot programming assistant. Other companies such as Stability AI Ltd., DeviantArt Inc., and Midjourney Inc. have also been accused of using copyrighted images to develop their AI models.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI is facing a copyright lawsuit from The New York Times, which accuses the AI developer of using millions of the paper’s articles to train its AI models and displaying paywalled content.
- The Times updated its terms of service in August to prohibit companies from scraping its content for AI training purposes.
- OpenAI argues that the lawsuit is without merit, stating that training AI models using publicly available content is fair use and that the Times’ content didn’t meaningfully contribute to the training of their models.
- The AI developer also claims that the issue of ChatGPT providing access to paywalled articles is a rare bug that they are working to fix.