On the 5th, The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that OpenAI and Microsoft used their news content without permission as training data for AI products such as ChatGPT and Copilot. Both publications claim that the tech companies scraped websites, including content behind paywalls, and by reproducing and summarizing articles, have undermined the need for users to visit their sites or purchase subscriptions.
In response, OpenAI has maintained the position that facts are owned by no one and that technology is an advancement that provides facts in the most useful form, asserting that it is not hindered by copyright law. Meanwhile, Microsoft has also argued that training models using journalism constitutes transformative use and has filed for summary judgment regarding the copyright infringement claims. The news organizations are contesting whether AI training falls under transformative use protected by copyright law or constitutes "free riding."
Source: シアトル・タイムズとニューズデー、著作権をめぐりOpenAIとマイクロソフトへの法的攻勢に参加 - finance.biggo.jp (Google News: OpenAI)