The New York Times Takes a Stand: Copyright Lawsuit Against ChatGPT and Microsoft: The New York Times, the leading American newspaper, has filed a copyright lawsuit against the most popular artificial intelligence (AI) OpenAI i.e. ChatGPT and Microsoft's AI platform.
ChatGPT is the most popular AI platform, with chatbots capable of answering almost every question in seconds.
After OpenAI's ChatGPT, other companies, including Microsoft, introduced their own AI platforms, which were already being accused of copying content.
But now, for the first time, The New York Times has filed a copyright lawsuit for stealing millions of its articles and news content on both platforms and using that content for other purposes, including training chatbots to generate content.
According to Reuters, the newspaper filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in federal court in Manhattan.
The lawsuit filed by the newspaper did not make specific claims for damages against the two platforms, but the petition said the entities should be fined billions of dollars for copyright infringement.
According to the lawsuit, both platforms trained their chatbots by copying exclusive content from the newspaper and later used the same content as references.
The newspaper also requested in the lawsuit that the two platforms be barred from deleting and further using the New York Times' copied content.
Now it remains to be seen when the court hears the New York Times' request and how much fine is imposed on Microsoft, including ChatGPT.