The New York Times is considering filing a lawsuit against OpenAI over copyright infringement

The New York Times may sue OpenAI over the company's use of the newspaper's materials without permission to train artificial intelligence, including ChatGPT.

Here's What We Know

According to media reports, the publication had been in talks with OpenAI for months over a licence agreement that would allow the startup to use NYT content to train large language models. However, they turned out to be "tense": journalists feared that AI would take away their robot.

It is not yet known whether OpenAI has indeed infringed copyright. If confirmed, the company could face a fine of $150,000 per infringement.

OpenAI has often succumbed to criticism from other news outlets as well. The CEO of News Corp. Robert Thomson took umbrage with the company's actions at a media conference in May 2023.

"[AI] designed so the reader will never visit a journalism website, thus fatally undermining that journalism", he said.

Go Deeper:

• The New York Times has banned the use of its content to train generative artificial intelligence
• The Associated Press has set rules on the use of artificial intelligence for journalists

Source: NRP