OpenAI, Microsoft Copyright Lawsuit: More Media Outlets Sue Against AI Training Tactics

OpenAI and Microsoft are facing yet new copyright lawsuits for their AI training tactics which allegedly steal information via the internet, and the company continuously violating intellectual property. This centers on three new media outlets that claim that both companies are using their widely available online content for AI training without consent or permission.

This adds to OpenAI and Microsoft's long list of copyright infringement complaints from other companies, with one of the most monumental being the New York Times and various authors.

OpenAI, Microsoft Face New Copyright Lawsuits from Media Outlets

The Intercept Media, Raw Story, and AlterNet filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft recently, and it talked about yet another alleged copyright infringement activity for its AI training. All of the three cases are under one litigation from the same law firm that brought this case against the partners in artificial intelligence.

Allegedly, ChatGPT was said to copy "verbatim or nearly verbatim copyright-protected works of journalism," and while doing so, omits the intellectual properties including author name, title, copyrights, and terms of use information.

The plaintiffs alleged that if OpenAI and Microsoft trained ChatGPT that include copyright information, it would be a different story on how it will deliver generative information for its users.

Illegally Using Online Content for AI Training

Furthermore, AlterNet and Raw Story's complaint went on to say that ChatGPT would be less popular if users knew that the chatbot was violating copyrights.

The lawsuits also claim that both OpenAI and Microsoft are aware of copyright infringement cases coming their way, and both are no strangers to the various cases filed against them.

OpenAI and its Copyright Complaints

The massive complaints against OpenAI were launched amidst the ramping developments of the company, with their AI developments facing massive scrutiny from renowned entities. Among the massive cases against OpenAI are the complaints from famed authors and personalities like Sarah Silverman, Paul Tremblay, George R.R. Martin, and more claiming that their works were illegally used by the company for its AI training.

However, the authors were not the only ones to file a case against OpenAI, centering on a landmark case by a renowned news and information agency, The New York Times, which took legal action against both Microsoft and OpenAI. Allegedly, the GPT large language model illegally accessed NYT's database for its training, citing copyright infringement against the companies.

The New York Times is among the earliest news and media outlets that went against OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged illegal access and copyright infringement on their online content. However, it was not the only one who brought this case against the AI partners, with more media outlets claiming a copyright case against the company, all saying that it was used to illegally train their LLM.