New York Times Sues OpenAI for Copyright Infringement in AI Training

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The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that over 10 million of its copyrighted news articles were used without permission to train AI models like ChatGPT. The case, centered in New York, highlights direct intellectual property violations linked to AI system development.[AI generated]

Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?

The event explicitly involves an AI system (OpenAI's language models) whose development and use have directly led to alleged violations of intellectual property rights through unauthorized use of copyrighted news articles. The harm is realized as the lawsuit claims actual infringement and seeks compensation. This fits the definition of an AI Incident because the AI system's development and use have directly caused a breach of intellectual property rights, a form of harm under the framework. The event is not merely a potential risk or a complementary update but a concrete legal claim of harm caused by AI system use.[AI generated]
AI principles
AccountabilityTransparency & explainability
Industries
Media, social platforms, and marketing
Affected stakeholders
Business
Harm types
Economic/Property
Business function:
Research and development
AI system task:
Content generation

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