According to Engadget , the lawsuit, filed by NYT in the Federal District Court in Manhattan (USA), marks the first time a major news organization has sued ChatGPT developers for copyright infringement. NYT did not specify how much compensation it is asking for, but this action aims to hold OpenAI and Microsoft "accountable for billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages."
It's still unclear how much compensation the NYT wants from OpenAI and Microsoft.
The NYT claims that OpenAI (with ChatGPT) and Microsoft (with Copilot) “sought to capitalize on The Times ’s significant investment in its journalism” without any licensing agreements. As part of the complaint, the NYT highlights its domain name ( www.nytimes.com ) as the most used proprietary source to mine content to train GPT-3.
The magazine alleges that more than 66 million records, ranging from news articles to editorials, published on the NYT ’s websites and other affiliated brands were used to train AI models. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants in the case used “nearly a century of copyrighted content,” causing significant harm. The NYT also says that OpenAI and Microsoft products can “generate output that quotes NYT content verbatim, closely summarizes it, and mimics the magazine’s style of expression.” This echoes other complaints from comedians and authors like Sarah Silverman and Julian Sancton, who say OpenAI has profited from their work.
If the lawsuit proves positive for the NYT , it could open the door for other publishers to pursue similar legal action and make training AI models for commercial purposes more expensive. Neither Microsoft nor OpenAI responded to requests for comment on the case.
It’s unclear whether the NYT is ready to accept a licensing deal after previous negotiations failed, which led to the lawsuit. OpenAI has struck a number of deals recently. This month, it agreed to pay publisher Axel Springer for access to its content in a deal expected to be worth millions of dollars. Articles from Politico and Business Insider will also be made available to train OpenAI’s next-generation AI tools as part of the three-year deal. It also previously struck a deal with the AP to use archived content dating back to 1985.
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