Recently, eight US newspapers, including the New York Daily News and The Chicago Tribune, have filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday.
This Alden Global Capital’s MediaNews Group-owned newspapers have accused these companies of making alleged use of their copyright content unlawfully.
The legal complaint asserted that OpenAI and Microsoft not only reproduced their articles for training their AI products, but they also crafted misleading and erroneous articles, which were falsely attributed to them.
Citing instances like the promotion of smoking for treating asthma by the fake Denver post. Promotion of the baby’s lounger which was taken back due to linked child deaths by fake Chicago Tribune.
So, the newspapers asserted that these companies should take the consent from the publishers and provide compensation.
Steven Lieberman, the MediaNews Group’s lawyer, told Reuters, that these companies’ success is built on the works of others. They are aware of the need to pay for computers, chips, and employee salaries, yet they assume they can take content without permission or payment.
In response the spokesperson of OpenAI has said that the company takes “great care in our products and design process to support news organizations.” While Microsoft on the other hand did not give any comment.
These cases form the part of potential landmark lawsuits where the owners of copyright drag these tech giants to court over the data utilized by these companies to give training to their AI generative systems.