The New York Times accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of using their paid content without permission. According to the newspaper, the popular artificial intelligence model answers current questions using the words of the NY Times.
The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft. Adobe Stock
American newspaper The New York Times has sued OpenAI, known for its artificial intelligence model ChatGPT, for copyright infringement. As the second defendant in the challenge is named after the technology giant Microsoft.
According to the NY Times, OpenAI has trained its ChatGPT language model on millions of magazine articles without permission. The damages, he says, can be calculated in billions of dollars.
When asked about current events, ChatGPT answers some questions, according to the NY Times, using their paywall articles verbatim without saying where it gets its information.
According to NYT, Microsoft’s search engine Bing also does the same, which uses ChatGPT in some of its features.
Thus, a ChatGPT user can in some cases manage to bypass the magazine’s paywall and gain access to paid content for free. The NY Times claims that ChatGPT competes with the magazine using its own articles.
Microsoft and OpenAI are partners
The challenge filed in the Manhattan court on Wednesday reveals that the New York Times approached OpenAI and Microsoft already in April about the issue. However, it did not receive a response from either company.
Microsoft is the largest investor in OpenAI with an investment of more than 10 billion dollars. The company also has a seat on OpenAI’s board.
Sources: New York Times, BBC