Hi there. It’s Rachyl Jones, the tech reporting fellow. OpenAI has a little weasel scurrying around the internet collecting up-to-date information to train its large language model, ChatGPT. But it has run into a few locked doors recently.
A series of news organizations—including the New York Times, CNN, Reuters and the Chicago Tribune—have blocked the ability for ChatGPT to access their content, the Guardian reported on Thursday. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Australian Community Media, which owns 100 local publications, have also sealed their websites, according to the Guardian.
