The New York Times, a major daily newspaper, sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement



The New York Times , a luxury daily newspaper with the third largest circulation in the United States, sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement for using the content to train generative AI models.

New York Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Use of Copyrighted Work - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html



The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/27/24016212/new-york-times-openai-microsoft-lawsuit-copyright-infringement

The New York Times wants OpenAI and Microsoft to pay for training data | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/27/the-new-york-times-wants-openai-and-microsoft-to-pay-for-training-data/

The New York Times' argument is as follows.

・Large-scale language models (LLMs), which are the basis of generative AI such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot, use content from the New York Times for training.
・As a result, AI is now able to produce output that mimics the style of expression of the New York Times, creating content that directly competes with the New York Times.
・As AI creates content that competes with The New York Times, the relationship between The New York Times and its readers is damaged, and revenue sources such as subscriptions, license fees, advertising, and affiliate revenue are taken away.

In its complaint, The New York Times also claims that 'AI models threaten the delivery of quality journalism by undermining news organizations' ability to protect and monetize content.' 'Through Bing Chat (Copilot) and ChatGPT, Microsoft and OpenAI are giving the New York Times a huge investment in journalism for free by using our content to build alternative products without permission or payment. He criticized Microsoft and OpenAI.

The New York Times also pointed out that ``Microsoft and OpenAI made a lot of money by releasing AI models trained on New York Times content.'' The New York Times says it has been negotiating to make Microsoft and OpenAI, which used their own content without permission, pay appropriate usage fees, but notes that ``no resolution has been reached.''



In response, OpenAI spokesperson Lindsey Held said, ``We respect the rights of content creators and owners and work with them to ensure they benefit from AI technology and new revenue models.'' 'We are surprised and disappointed by this development, as our ongoing dialogue with The New York Times has been productive and constructive. Like many other publishers, we are committed to mutual understanding.' I hope that we can find a beneficial way to cooperate,'' he told foreign media outlet The Verge. Meanwhile, Microsoft has not responded to The Verge's request for comment.

The New York Times is seeking billions of dollars (hundreds of billions of yen) in damages. The New York Times also asks the court to prevent Microsoft and OpenAI from using New York Times content to train AI models, and to remove New York Times content from their training datasets. I'm asking you to.



The New York Times is one of the news organizations that blocked OpenAI's web crawler in 2023. This prevents AI development companies from collecting content from websites and using it to train AI models. In addition to the New York Times, media outlets such as the BBC, CNN, and Reuters have also blocked OpenAI's web crawler.

On the other hand, other media allow content to be used by receiving payments from OpenAI. Axel Springer, the German media giant that owns media outlets such as Politico and Business Insider, signed a deal with OpenAI in December 2023 to allow ChatGPT to obtain data directly from Politico and Business Insider. Masu. The Associated Press also signed a deal allowing OpenAI to train AI models based on news articles.




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