OpenAI Dismisses New York Times Copyright Lawsuit as Baseless
OpenAI pushes back against a recent copyright lawsuit from The New York Times, arguing that training its AI on publicly available articles falls under fair use. The company claims the lawsuit ignores the full story while the newspaper insists the AI tools directly compete with its journalism.
OpenAI publicly pushes back against a copyright lawsuit filed by The New York Times, calling the legal action "without merit." The AI company argues that The Times fails to tell the full story and insists that its goals include supporting a healthy news ecosystem and creating mutually beneficial partnerships with media outlets.
The newspaper sues OpenAI and its investor Microsoft, alleging that the companies illegally copy millions of articles to train ChatGPT and other AI services. The Times claims these AI tools closely mimic their original content and directly compete with the newspaper by stealing away its audience without offering any compensation.
In its defense, OpenAI maintains that training artificial intelligence systems on publicly available internet materials qualifies as fair use under copyright law. The company states that this principle is fair to creators and essential for American competitiveness, directly contradicting the newspaper's argument that this practice is an untransformative substitution for traditional journalism.