The lawsuit, filed by the Times last month, is the first of its kind against an AI platform. Other intellectual property owners, including Sarah Silverman, John Grisham, and Getty Images, have also pursued similar litigation. OpenAI maintains that the use of publicly available internet materials for AI training is necessary for innovation and US competitiveness.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI has been accused by The New York Times of copyright infringement, claiming the AI company is using its journalistic content without permission or payment.
- OpenAI responded in a blog post, arguing that the use of copyrighted content for AI training models is fair use and that they have offered an opt-out process for their tools.
- The company also claimed that any 'regurgitation' of content by their AI, ChatGPT, is a rare bug and not significant for the model’s intended learning.
- The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI is the first of its kind where a major media organization has sued an AI platform.