Federal Judge Sides with OpenAI in Copyright Clash with News Websites Over ChatGPT’s Use of Content

In a recent development in the ongoing legal battles facing OpenAI, a New York federal judge ruled on Thursday that two alternative news websites did not adequately demonstrate harm resulting from the exclusion of author information in ChatGPT’s training datasets. This preliminary ruling means that OpenAI has, for the moment, skirted one of the numerous copyright lawsuits being pursued by journalism publishers. The legal actions center on allegations that OpenAI’s practices in developing its language models impinge on copyright protections by utilizing journalistic content without appropriate attribution.