Legislation & Litigation , Standards, Regulations & ComplianceOpenAI and Microsoft Face New York Times Copyright LawsuitMedia Giant Alleges 'Billions of Dollars in Statutory and Actual Damages'Image: ShutterstockThe New York Times is suing OpenAI and its major backer Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement. The LLMs used by Microsoft also "provide infringing content and, at times, misinformation to users of its products and online services" including via Bing Chat, aka Copilot, the Times alleged. The newspaper is owned by The New York Times Company, which is controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family through a trust. The media giant wanted to reach an agreement via which OpenAI would pay to license its content. While OpenAI and Microsoft "engaged in widescale copying from many sources," they placed "particular emphasis" on using Times' content, it said.

Source: New York Times December 29, 2023 20:53 UTC