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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Terry Massey

New York Times Files Lawsuit Against Microsoft, OpenAI For Chatbot Copyright Infringement

In what could be the first major legal salvo fired between traditional journalism and the emerging technology of artificial intelligence, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI on Wednesday.

Alleging that the tech companies are using and misusing the newspaper's copyrighted material without its permission, NYT claims that Microsoft and OpenAI, founder of chatbot ChatGPT, is infringing upon its intellectual property.

NYT's lawsuit claims that the companies' AI technology illegally copied millions of its articles to train ChatGPT and other services to provide users with information. Many of those AI programs compete with the newspaper's print and online products.

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