The company expressed hope for a partnership with The New York Times, similar to the ones it has with Axel Springer and The Associated Press. OpenAI recently argued to the UK House of Lords that no AI system like ChatGPT can be built without access to copyrighted content, as AI tools need to incorporate copyrighted works to represent the full diversity and breadth of human intelligence and experience.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI has publicly responded to a copyright lawsuit by The New York Times, calling the case “without merit” and expressing hope for a future partnership with the media outlet.
- The company refutes the Times' claims that its ChatGPT AI tool reproduced Times stories verbatim, suggesting that the Times either instructed the model to regurgitate or cherry-picked their examples.
- OpenAI maintains that AI models need access to the aggregate of human knowledge to learn and solve new problems, and believes that training AI models with data from the internet falls under fair use rules.
- Despite the lawsuit, OpenAI hopes to continue negotiations with the Times for a partnership similar to the ones it has with Axel Springer and The Associated Press.