NYT Sues Microsoft, OpenAI for Billions Over ChatGPT Copyright Breach
Summary
The New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for up to $450 billion, claiming ChatGPT was trained on millions of its copyrighted articles, potentially reshaping AI training and journalism.
Key Points
- The New York Times files a $2.25-$450 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI for allegedly copying millions of its articles to train ChatGPT.
- The Times claims ChatGPT's outputs often directly quote its articles and that Microsoft's use of ChatGPT boosted its market cap by $1 trillion.
- The case could determine the legality of training AI models on copyrighted content and impact the future of journalism if OpenAI prevails.