A group of eight U.S. newspapers, including The New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Denver Post, has filed a lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft.
The newspapers allege that these technology companies have been “purloining millions” of copyrighted news articles without permission or payment to train their artificial intelligence chatbots.
The lawsuit emphasizes the significant investment made by these newspapers in gathering information and reporting news. They argue that OpenAI and Microsoft cannot expand the “Big Tech playbook” by using their work to build their own businesses at the newspapers’ expense.
Other newspapers involved in the lawsuit include MediaNews Group’s Mercury News, Orange County Register, and St. Paul Pioneer-Press, as well as Tribune Publishing’s Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel. All of these newspapers are owned by Alden Global Capital.
This legal battle is part of a broader trend, as OpenAI and Microsoft face multiple copyright lawsuits in both Manhattan’s federal court and San Francisco’s federal court. Tech companies often argue that using publicly accessible internet content to train AI systems falls under the “fair use” doctrine of American copyright law. However, this lawsuit highlights the ongoing tension between technology companies and traditional media outlets regarding intellectual property rights.
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