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Stevie Bonifield

The New York Times made headlines by suing OpenAI this year, but the case against AI isn't so black and white

Scrapbook styled punk pop-art image showing a depiction of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made from folded up pieces of paper from a legal document from a lawsuit by The New York Times.

On April 30, 2024, eight of the nation's largest daily newspapers filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming both companies used news articles without permission to train their AI models.

It's among the most significant cases launched against AI developers to date and follows a separate, ongoing lawsuit filed on December 27, 2023, in which the New York Times claimed OpenAI committed copyright infringement through ChatGPT.

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