The prestigious American newspaper accuses Microsoft and OpenAI, designer of the ChatGPT conversational robot, of having used millions of its articles without permission.
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An unprecedented trial against two big names in American tech. THE New York Times on Wednesday, December 27, launched proceedings in a federal court in New York against OpenAI, creator of the ChatGPT software, as well as Microsoft, its main investor, for copyright infringement. The damage suffered is estimated at “several billion dollars” by the American newspaper.
“As the complaint explains, Microsoft and OpenAI used our work to develop and market their generative artificial intelligence (AI) products without permission from the Times“a spokesperson for the daily told AFP, believing that it is indeed a “copyright infringement in terms of content and journalistic work”.
Millions of items are said to have been sucked up by the two companies
At the heart of the dispute, the training of conversational robots is controversial. “Defendants’ generative AI relies on massive learning models that were built by copying and using millions of articles from the Times protected by copyright”accuses him New York Times.
In mid-December, OpenAI reached an agreement with the German group Axel Springer, publisher of the tabloid Bildto pay him to provide group content in responses to ChatGPT user queries.