New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, with publisher A.G. Sulzberger accusing AI companies of using copyrighted news content without permission or compensation to train their systems. Sulzberger warned that large-scale unauthorized use of journalistic content threatens the sustainability of professional news reporting.
What happened
New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger stated the company is suing OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, and Microsoft over the use of copyrighted work.
Sulzberger accused AI companies of "brazen theft of intellectual property" at "an unprecedented scale" and said tech giants "strip-mine news websites without permission or compensation."
Reported impact
Sulzberger warned that the news sector faces a critical moment and that the situation could result in "fewer and fewer journalists to do the expensive, difficult work of original reporting."
He stated that AI companies are "consolidating their outsize control over our data and our attention" while "failing to embrace a core responsibility" to ensure the public has access to trustworthy news and information.
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