New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for impacting its business, claims generative AI models don't qualify for fair use

Satya Nadella with Sam Altman at a conference.

What you need to know

• Microsoft and OpenAI partner on the leading AI chatbot in ChatGPT.
• These AI Models train themselves by scraping the internet for content, often paraphrasing or directly quoting sources without compensation.
• The question of whether AI models fall into fair use is already being investigated by government regulators, but the NYTimes have taken the issue to the courts.
• If the courts side with the NYTimes, it could be a huge blow to all AI models.