New York Times Sues Microsoft, OpenAI for Copyright Breaches (3)

December 27, 2023, 9:56 PM UTC

The New York Times Co. sued Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI Inc. for using its content to help develop artificial intelligence services, in a sign of the increasingly fraught relationship between the media and a technology that could upend the news industry.

The technology firms relied on millions of copyrighted articles to train chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI features, allegedly causing billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages, according to a lawsuit filed in New York on Wednesday. The Times didn’t specify its monetary demands.

WATCH: The NY Times sued Microsoft and OpenAI for using its content to train chatbots.
Source: Bloomberg

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