OpenAI has faced criticism forscraping text widely from the web to train its popular chatbot since it debuted a year ago. While it has been sued by prominent authors,this is the first challenge to its practices by a major media organisation.
The start-up has sought licensing deals with publishers,much like Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms’ Facebook have done in recent years.The Times’ lawsuit said the publisher reached out to Microsoft and OpenAI in April and couldn’t reach an amicable solution.
“We respect the rights of content creators and owners and are committed to working with them to ensure they benefit from AI technology and new revenue models,” an OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement. “Our ongoing conversations withThe New York Times have been productive and moving forward constructively,so we are surprised and disappointed with this development.”
Microsoft declined to comment.
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In July,OpenAI signed an agreement with the Associated Press to access some of the news agency’s archives. OpenAI cut a three-year deal in December with Axel Springer to use the German media company’s work for an undisclosed sum.
“We’re hopeful that we will find a mutually beneficial way to work together,as we are doing with many other publishers,” OpenAI’s spokesperson said.