OpenAI has recently made content licensing deals with other news outlets and publishers, including Axel Springer and the Associated Press. The company also offers legal protection for organizations and subscribers to its AI products. However, OpenAI only provided an opt-out process for publishers after the launch of ChatGPT, meaning publishers had little chance to prevent their data from being scraped. The case between OpenAI and the NYT will be heard before Federal District Court Judge Sidney H. Stein, with no initial hearing date set yet.
Key takeaways:
- The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement, claiming that ChatGPT was trained on its copyrighted articles without permission or compensation.
- OpenAI has responded with a blog post arguing that the lawsuit is without merit, stating that it collaborates with news organizations, that training is fair use, and that 'regurgitation' is a rare bug they are working to eliminate.
- OpenAI has been making content licensing deals with other news outlets and publishers, and has offered legal protections for organizations and subscribers to its AI products since November 2023.
- OpenAI accuses The New York Times of 'intentionally manipulating prompts' to get evidence of article reproduction for its case, which it claims is in violation of its Terms of Service.