May 01, 2024 10:29:00

Microsoft and OpenAI sued by eight newspapers for copyright infringement

On April 30, 2024, it was revealed that OpenAI, known for developing ChatGPT and other services, and Microsoft, which has a partnership with OpenAI, were sued for copyright infringement by eight newspapers, including

the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune .

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Newspaper publishers sue Microsoft, OpenAI over copyright infringement
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The lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft were filed by the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune,

Orlando Sentinel , Sun Sentinel , The Mercury News , Denver Post , Orange County Register and Pioneer Press . All of these newspapers share a common thread: they are all owned by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital .

The newspapers claim that OpenAI has used datasets containing newspaper text to train large-scale language models such as GPT-2 and GPT-3, and that GPT-4 can output almost perfect versions of our articles when prompted by users. They also accused Microsoft of copying information from newspapers without permission to create Bing search indexes and providing answers about articles in Copilot, while removing ads that were originally attached to the articles.

Based on these allegations, the newspapers filed a lawsuit in federal court in the Southern District of New York, alleging that OpenAI and Microsoft are using millions of copyrighted articles for training purposes without permission and for free.

An OpenAI spokesperson said, 'We take great care in our product and design process to ensure that we do not impede the work of news organizations. We are actively engaged in constructive partnerships and dialogue with many news organizations around the world to discuss concerns and propose solutions. Together with our news partners, we see great potential for AI tools like ChatGPT to deepen relationships between publishers and readers and improve the news experience.'

In the past, OpenAI and Microsoft have been sued by the major daily newspaper, The New York Times, for copyright infringement.

Major daily newspaper New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement - GIGAZINE

OpenAI and Microsoft are alsobeing sued by several authors and face copyright infringement lawsuits from news sites including Raw Story, Alternet and The Intercept.

OpenAI is being sued for copyright infringement by various news sites - GIGAZINE