OpenAI Hit With Another Copyright Suit From Pair of Journalists

OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are facing another copyright lawsuit from a pair of journalists who alleged their books and articles were used to train ChatGPT. The purported class action comes only a week after the two leading AI companies were hit by a groundbreaking suit from The New York Times Co.

Investigative journalist Nicholas Gage and author Nicholas Basbanes said in the complaint, filed Friday in Manhattan federal court, that OpenAI has admitted to using e-book datasets including “Books2" that likely comes from pirated repositories online.

The suit mirrors a number of similar class actions from high-profile authors including ...