New York Times Considers Legal Action Against OpenAI
Lawyers for The New York Times are looking into the possibility of filing a lawsuit against OpenAI to protect the intellectual property rights connected to its journalistic content.
Tension-filled negotiations to reach a licencing agreement have characterised recent discussions between The Times and the ChatGPT creators. According to this agreement, OpenAI would pay The Times for using its news articles in the tech company’s artificial intelligence tools. But because of how heated these discussions have gotten, The Times is thinking about taking legal action.
The Times is concerned about ChatGPT’s potential rivalry with the newspaper, as the AI technology has previously generated text based on original reporting and writing. This concern is fueled by the use of generative AI tools in search engines, such as Microsoft’s integration of ChatGPT into its Bing search engine. This could result in users receiving AI-generated responses that repackage content from The Times, potentially reducing the need to visit The Times’ website. ChatGPT collects extensive data from the internet without explicit permission, and the legality of this practice remains an open question.
(With inputs from Shikha Singh)
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