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The New York Times files a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging copyright infringement for using their articles to train AI models.
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- The New York Times Company has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation and OpenAI, Inc., alleging copyright infringement.
- The Times claims that Defendants used its copyrighted news articles to train their AI models, resulting in output that closely mimics Times content.
- The unauthorized use of The Times's work undermines its ability to provide trustworthy journalism and damages its relationship with readers.
- The complaint emphasizes the importance of independent journalism and the significant investment required to support it.
- The lawsuit alleges that Defendants' use of The Times's copyrighted content is a violation of copyright law and not protected by fair use.
- The complaint highlights Microsoft's involvement in OpenAI's operations and the significant rights it holds in the development of the AI models.
- The lawsuit claims that Microsoft and OpenAI have engaged in large-scale copying of The Times's material and continue to create unauthorized copies for their synthetic search results and future model training.
- The Times seeks damages, injunctive relief, and attorneys' fees, and demands a jury trial for all claims.
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The New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement, claiming they used Times articles to train AI models.
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The New York Times Company is suing Microsoft Corporation and OpenAI, Inc. for copyright infringement. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants used Times articles to train their AI models, resulting in content that closely resembles Times articles. The Times emphasizes the importance of independent journalism and claims the defendants engaged in widespread copying. The lawsuit seeks damages and resolution that upholds The Times's exclusive rights.
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The New York Times Company has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation and OpenAI, Inc. The Times alleges that the defendants used its copyrighted news articles to train their AI models, resulting in output that closely resembles Times content. The complaint stresses the importance of independent journalism and highlights The Times's role in providing trustworthy information. It claims that the defendants engaged in widespread copying of Times content, which has been highly lucrative for them. The Times attempted to negotiate an agreement but was unsuccessful. The complaint argues that the defendants' use of the Times's copyrighted content is not protected under fair use. It seeks damages and resolution that upholds The Times's exclusive rights. The lawsuit specifically accuses Microsoft and OpenAI of illegally reproducing and using Times content in their GenAI products, including large language models like GPT-2, GPT-3, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4. It claims that the defendants have engaged in large-scale copying and continue to create unauthorized copies for synthetic search results and future model training. The Times also accuses the defendants of diverting traffic from its website and using its works without permission.
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The New York Times Company has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation and OpenAI, Inc., alleging copyright infringement. The Times claims that Defendants used its copyrighted news articles to train their artificial intelligence (AI) models, resulting in output that closely mimics Times content. The lawsuit seeks damages for the infringement and fair compensation for the use of its content.
The complaint emphasizes the importance of independent journalism and highlights The Times's long history of providing expert, independent journalism. The Times's journalism plays a crucial role in informing the public and holding power accountable. In today's information ecosystem, The Times's journalism is even more valuable as a source of trustworthy information.
The complaint alleges that Defendants' use of The Times's copyrighted content is a violation of copyright law. It argues that Defendants engaged in widespread copying, with particular emphasis on Times content. This unauthorized use of the Times's intellectual property has been highly lucrative for Defendants.
The complaint states that The Times attempted to negotiate an agreement with Defendants but was unable to reach a resolution. Defendants have claimed fair use protection, but The Times argues that their systematic and competitive infringement is not protected.
The complaint asserts that the court has jurisdiction under the Copyright Act and venue is proper in the Southern District of New York. It provides details about the parties involved, including The Times as the plaintiff, Microsoft as a defendant, and the various OpenAI entities as defendants. The complaint describes Microsoft's involvement in OpenAI's operations.
The complaint concludes by highlighting the importance of protecting The Times's intellectual property rights to ensure quality journalism. The Times seeks damages for the infringement and a resolution that upholds its exclusive rights.
The lawsuit alleges that Microsoft and OpenAI have illegally reproduced and used The Times's content in their GenAI products, specifically their large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-2, GPT-3, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4. These LLMs work by predicting words based on training data and can generate responses to user queries. Microsoft's investment in OpenAI gives the company significant rights and involvement in the development of the models.
The lawsuit claims that Microsoft and OpenAI have engaged in large-scale copying of The Times's material and continue to create unauthorized copies for their synthetic search results and future model training. The GPT models themselves have memorized copies of Times Works, which constitute unauthorized copies or derivatives. Microsoft and OpenAI's synthetic search applications display extensive excerpts or paraphrases of Times content. This includes showing memorized copies of Times Works and synthetic search results that resemble Times Works generated from copies stored in Bing's search index.
The Times claims that Microsoft and OpenAI's unauthorized use of its content is willful and intentional. They also accuse Defendants of diverting traffic away from The Times's website with their synthetic search results. The lawsuit alleges that Microsoft and OpenAI have not received permission to use The Times's works.
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The New York Times Company has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation and OpenAI, Inc., alleging copyright infringement. The Times claims that Defendants used its copyrighted news articles to train their artificial intelligence (AI) models, resulting in output that closely mimics Times content. This unauthorized use undermines the Times's ability to provide trustworthy journalism and damages its relationship with readers. The lawsuit seeks damages for the infringement and fair compensation for the use of its content.
The complaint emphasizes the importance of independent journalism and highlights The Times's long history of providing expert, independent journalism. The Times's journalism plays a crucial role in informing the public and holding power accountable. In today's information ecosystem, The Times's journalism is even more valuable as a source of trustworthy information.
The complaint alleges that Defendants' use of The Times's copyrighted content is a violation of copyright law. It argues that Defendants engaged in widespread copying, with particular emphasis on Times content. The output generated by Defendants' AI tools closely resembles Times content and can attribute false information to The Times. This unauthorized use of The Times's intellectual property has been highly lucrative for Defendants.
The complaint states that The Times attempted to negotiate an agreement with Defendants but was unable to reach a resolution. Defendants have claimed fair use protection, but The Times argues that their systematic and competitive infringement is not protected.
The complaint asserts that the court has jurisdiction under the Copyright Act and venue is proper in the Southern District of New York. It provides details about the parties involved, including The Times as the plaintiff, Microsoft as a defendant, and the various OpenAI entities as defendants. The complaint describes Microsoft's involvement in OpenAI's operations.
The complaint concludes by highlighting the importance of protecting The Times's intellectual property rights to ensure quality journalism. It emphasizes that without strong copyright protection, news organizations will have fewer resources for important stories. The Times seeks damages for the infringement and a resolution that upholds its exclusive rights.
The New York Times Company has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, accusing the tech giant of exploiting and misappropriating The Times's intellectual property. The lawsuit alleges that Microsoft and OpenAI have illegally reproduced and used The Times's content in their GenAI products, specifically their large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-2, GPT-3, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4. These LLMs work by predicting words based on training data and can generate responses to user queries. Microsoft's investment in OpenAI gives the company significant rights and involvement in the development of the models. The training process involves passing encoded copies of training works through the model and adjusting parameters. After training, models may undergo fine-tuning using specific types of works or human feedback. However, fine-tuned models are known to exhibit memorization. Microsoft and OpenAI have reproduced The Times's content without permission during the training of their GPT models. The WebText dataset used for training GPT-2 includes scraped content from The Times, with the NYTimes.com domain being a top source. Similarly, GPT-3 and GPT-4 datasets include Times content, with The Times's domain highly represented. The lawsuit claims that Microsoft and OpenAI have engaged in large-scale copying of The Times's material and continue to create unauthorized copies for their synthetic search results and future model training. The GPT models themselves have memorized copies of Times Works, which constitute unauthorized copies or derivatives. Microsoft and OpenAI's synthetic search applications display extensive excerpts or paraphrases of Times content. This includes showing memorized copies of Times Works and synthetic search results that resemble Times Works generated from copies stored in Bing's search index. These synthetic search results divert traffic away from The Times's website. The lawsuit alleges that Microsoft and OpenAI's commercial exploitation of Times content is not licensed and that they have not received permission to use The Times's works.
The Times claims that Microsoft and OpenAI's unauthorized use of its content is willful and intentional. They also accuse Defendants of
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The New York Times Company has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation and OpenAI, Inc., along with several other related entities, alleging copyright infringement. The Times argues that Defendants have unlawfully used its copyrighted news articles to create artificial intelligence (AI) products that compete with The Times's journalism. The lawsuit claims that Defendants copied and used millions of The Times's articles to train their AI models, resulting in the generation of output that closely mimics Times content. This unauthorized use of The Times's work undermines its ability to provide trustworthy journalism and damages its relationship with readers. The Times seeks damages for the infringement and a resolution that ensures fair compensation for the use of its content.
The complaint emphasizes the importance of independent journalism in a world filled with unreliable information. It highlights The Times's long history of providing expert, independent journalism and the significant investment required to support its work. The Times's journalism plays a crucial role in informing the public, holding power accountable, and illuminating important issues. In today's information ecosystem, The Times's journalism has become even more valuable as a source of trustworthy information, analysis, and commentary.
The complaint alleges that Defendants' use of The Times's copyrighted content in their AI models is a violation of copyright law. It argues that Defendants have engaged in widespread copying from multiple sources but gave particular emphasis to Times content when building their models. The output generated by Defendants' AI tools closely resembles Times content and can even attribute false information to The Times. This unauthorized use of The Times's intellectual property has been highly lucrative for Defendants, with Microsoft's market capitalization increasing by a trillion dollars and OpenAI's valuation reaching as high as $90 billion.
The complaint states that The Times attempted to negotiate an agreement with Defendants to address the unauthorized use of its content but was unable to reach a resolution. Defendants have claimed that their use of The Times's content is protected as fair use, but The Times argues that the systematic and competitive infringement committed by Defendants is not protected by fair use.
The complaint asserts that the court has jurisdiction over the case under the Copyright Act and that venue is proper in the Southern District of New York. It provides details about the parties involved, including The Times as the plaintiff, Microsoft as a defendant, and the various OpenAI entities that are also defendants. The complaint describes the involvement of Microsoft in OpenAI's operations, including its contribution to the creation and operation of the computing systems used to train the AI models.
The complaint concludes by highlighting the importance of protecting The Times's intellectual property rights to ensure the continued funding of quality journalism. It emphasizes that without strong copyright protection, news organizations will have fewer resources to dedicate to important stories, resulting in a significant cost to society. The Times seeks damages for the infringement of its copyrighted works and a resolution that upholds its exclusive rights over its content.
The New York Times Company has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, accusing the tech giant of exploiting and misappropriating The Times's intellectual property. The lawsuit alleges that Microsoft and its subsidiary OpenAI have illegally reproduced and used The Times's content in their GenAI products, specifically their large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-2, GPT-3, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4. These LLMs work by predicting words based on training data and can generate responses to user queries. The models encode information from the training corpus as parameters, with billions of examples used to train them. Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI gives the company significant rights and involvement in the development of the models. The training process involves repeatedly passing encoded copies of training works through the model and adjusting parameters to minimize the difference between masked-out words and predicted words. After training, models may undergo fine-tuning using specific types of works or human feedback to reinforce desired behaviors. However, fine-tuned models are known to exhibit memorization, repeating large portions of the training works. LLMs can also be provided with specific information to ground their outputs, such as generating text based on external documents. Microsoft and OpenAI have reproduced The Times's content without permission during the training of their GPT models. The WebText dataset used for training GPT-2 includes a significant amount of scraped content from The Times, with the NYTimes.com domain being one of the top sources in the dataset. Similarly, GPT-3 and GPT-4 datasets include Times content, with The Times's domain being highly represented in the Common Crawl dataset. The lawsuit claims that Microsoft and OpenAI have engaged in large-scale copying of The Times's material and that they continue to create unauthorized copies of Times Works for their synthetic search results and future model training. The GPT models themselves have memorized copies of Times Works, which constitute unauthorized copies or derivatives of the original works. Microsoft and OpenAI's synthetic search applications, such as Bing Chat and Browse with Bing, display extensive excerpts or paraphrases of Times content in their generative output. This includes showing memorized copies of Times Works retrieved from the models and synthetic search results that closely resemble Times Works generated from copies stored in Bing's search index. These synthetic search results divert traffic away from The Times's website. The lawsuit alleges that Microsoft and OpenAI's large-scale commercial exploitation of Times content is not licensed and that they have not received permission to use The Times's works.
The Hamptons, once a popular summer destination for young adults, has become less desirable due to high housing costs, strict rules, and the pandemic. As a result, many people are choosing alternative locations like Fire Island. The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft for copyright infringement. The Times claims that Microsoft and its subsidiary OpenAI used Times content without permission to train their language models. They argue that this unauthorized use is willful and intentional. The Times also accuses Microsoft and OpenAI of removing copyright management information from Times Works and distributing synthetic search results that reproduce Wirecutter's recommendations, which harms Wirecutter's revenue. The Times alleges that Microsoft and OpenAI engaged in unfair competition by misappropriating Times content and misleading users by falsely attributing content to The Times. They claim that this conduct has caused substantial harm to The Times and seek damages, injunctive relief, and attorneys' fees. The lawsuit also includes counts of contributory copyright infringement and trademark dilution. The Times demands a jury trial for all claims.