From Investing.com:

The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using millions of its articles without permission to train chatbots. The newspaper claimed that OpenAI and Microsoft were freeriding on its journalism investment. OpenAI has been valued at more than $80 billion and Microsoft has invested $13 billion. The Times is not seeking a specific amount of damages, but estimated damages in the billions of dollars. However, OpenAI and Microsoft believe that using copyrighted works to train AI products amounts to “fair use.”

The lawsuit cited several instances in which OpenAI and Microsoft chatbots gave users near-verbatim excerpts of New York Times articles, and the Times said such infringements threaten high-quality journalism by reducing readers’ need to visit its website. The Times is not seeking a specific amount of damages, but estimated damages in the “billions of dollars” and wants OpenAI and Microsoft to destroy chatbot models and training sets that incorporate its material.

Chatbots have compounded the struggle among major media organizations to attract and retain readers, though the Times has fared better than most. The Times ended September with 9.41 million digital-only subscribers, up from 8.59 million a year earlier, while print subscribers fell to 670,000 from 740,000. Subscriptions generate more than two-thirds of the Times’ revenue, while ads generate about 20% of its revenue. The Times said the defendants’ chatbots make it harder for readers to distinguish fact from fiction, including when their technology falsely attributes information to the newspaper.



Read more: NY Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for infringing copyrighted works By Reuters