The New York Times, a renowned news publisher, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, the creators of the popular chatbot ChatGPT, for alleged copyright infringement. The newspaper claims that the tech giants used millions of articles from The New York Times to train their AI models without proper compensation. While other media firms have established licensing agreements with OpenAI, The New York Times has not received any payment for the use of its content.
This legal action marks the first major lawsuit of this kind initiated by a prominent news publisher. The Times possesses an extensive library of articles dating back to 1851, with a wealth of high-quality content. As evidence, the newspaper presented numerous instances in which ChatGPT reproduced New York Times articles verbatim. Additionally, the complaint highlighted cases where the chatbot provided misinformation, falsely attributing content to The Times.
