In an unfolding legal battle, OpenAI has responded to a complaint from The New York Times Co., openly criticising the renowned publication for not meeting its “famously rigorous journalistic standards”. The complaint, levied by the newspaper, accuses OpenAI and Microsoft Corp. of unlawfully using Times content for training their artificial intelligence program, ChatGPT.
OpenAI has retorted to these allegations by suggesting that The New York Times may have gone to unusual lengths in proving their assertions. The AI company alleges that the Times, in building their case, may have hired a hacker. The hacker, as per OpenAI’s claim, was engaged to produce examples of the ChatGPT system reproducing near-verbatim replicas of Times’ articles.
As the legal war escalates, the tech and legal communities continue to follow the developments with keen attention. After all, a landmark precedent may be close to coalescing – a precedent on intellectual property rights in the digital age, artificial intelligence, programming, and accountability.
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