NY Times Sues Microsoft, OpenAI Over Use of Articles to Train AI Models
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The NY Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for allegedly using millions of Times articles without permission to train AI models like ChatGPT and Bing. This raises questions around copyright and "fair use."
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Tech firms argue training AI is "fair use," but the Times alleges the AI outputs at times reproduce near-exact copies of articles, which could be infringing.
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Judges so far are wary that using copyrighted works to train AI violates copyright, but they look more closely at potentially infringing AI outputs.
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Google previously succeeded in arguing Google Books digitization was "fair use," but a recent Supreme Court ruling on Andy Warhol art muddies the legal landscape.
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The outcome is uncertain, but if the Times wins it could have major consequences for news publishers and the generative AI industry overall.