The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement

The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft in a New York state court for copyright infringement, according to The Verge on December 27. In the lawsuit, the US newspaper accused the two technology companies of copying and using millions of its articles without permission to train AI models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot, and now using that content to "directly compete" with the newspaper.

The New York Times building in New York City (USA)

The New York Times alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft's large language models can generate content that quotes the newspaper's content verbatim, summarizes it concisely, and mimics its writing style. This "harms" the newspaper's relationship with its readers and steals subscription revenue, advertising revenue, etc.

The New York Times also claims that these AI models threaten high-quality journalism by undermining newsrooms’ ability to protect and monetize content. “Through Microsoft’s Bing Chat (recently rebranded as “Copilot”) and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, defendants seek to capitalize on The Times ’s massive investment in its journalism by using it to build alternative products without permission or payment,” the lawsuit states.

The New York Times said it had been trying to negotiate with the two companies for months to receive a fair share from the use of its content but had not reached a solution.

The New York Times is seeking to hold the two companies liable for “billions of dollars” in damages for copying their content. The newspaper is also asking the court to prevent the companies from using its content to train AI models, removing previously retrieved content from memory.

OpenAI and Microsoft did not immediately comment on The New York Times ' lawsuit.

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