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The New York Times wants OpenAI and Microsoft to pay for training data

TechCrunch

The New York Times is suing OpenAI and its close collaborator (and investor), Microsoft, for allegedly violating copyright law by training generative AI models on Times’ content.

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The New York Times files copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft

TechSpot

It's no secret that LLMs use swaths of information from the internet as training data, but the NYT claims in its copyright infringement lawsuit that its content has been given "particular emphasis." The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, claims that the companies "seek to free-ride on the Times's massive. Read Entire Article

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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand.

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OpenAI claims NY Times copyright lawsuit is without merit

TechCrunch

In late December, The New York Times sued OpenAI and its close collaborator and investor, Microsoft, for allegedly violating copyright law by training generative AI models on Times’ content. Today, OpenAI gave a public response, claiming — unsurprisingly — that The Times’ lawsuit is meritless.

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The future of AI and journalism at stake: OpenAI battles news giants in copyright lawsuit

TechSpot

The case has merged lawsuits from three publishers: The New York Times, The New York Daily News, and the Center for Investigative Reporting. The publishers argue that OpenAI's practices amount to copyright infringement on a massive scale, potentially threatening the future of journalism.

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New York Times Encourages Staff to Create Headlines Using AI

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As Semafor reports , the New York Times recently informed employees that they now have a whole suite of AI tools at their disposal to write search headlines the version of headlines that appear on search engines like Google as well as code, social copy, quizzes, and more.

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Three more publishers sue OpenAI over ChatGPT copyright infringement claims

TechSpot

The two new cases – Raw Story and AlterNet have the same owner, which filed a single suit – mirror the New York Times' arguments against OpenAI: that the company used copyrighted material to train ChatGPT. Read Entire Article

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