While OpenAI & Microsoft partner up with media, 8 local newspapers in the US sue the AI giants over alleged copyright violations.
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Eight daily newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital sued OpenAI and Microsoft today, accusing the tech companies of illegally using news articles to power their AI chatbots.
Eight US news publishers on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against software firm Microsoft and ChatGPT maker OpenAI for copyright infringement in training their generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models using proprietary material. It comes months after The New York Times took the companies to court for similar reasons. ET explains the case and the trend globally.Who are the plaintiffs this time?The newspapers involved in the suit are the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, the Orlando...
These newspapers contend that both companies utilized their articles to train their AI models without obtaining proper authorization or providing compensation.
Eight newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital’s MediaNews Group are reportedly suing Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging that the tech companies used the newspapers’ content to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. The newspapers, which include the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, filed their suit in New York federal court on Tuesday (April 30), Reuters reported Tuesday. They allege that the two tech companies […]
The Chicago Tribune, Denver Post and others file suit saying the tech companies ‘purloin millions’ of articles without permissionA group of eight US newspapers is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the technology companies have been “purloining millions” of copyrighted news articles without permission or payment to train their artificial intelligence chatbots.The New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post and other papers filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in a New York...
Eight newspaper publishers alleged that Microsoft and OpenAI used millions of their articles without payment or permission to train AI models like ChatGPT.
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Several newspaper chains have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming ChatGPT was trained on copyrighted articles without permission. They also say it has an 'uncanny' ability to reproduce news stories.
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