Ian Crosby of Susman Godfrey, attorneys for The New York Times, said in a statement: “What OpenAI bizarrely mischaracterizes as ‘hacking’ is simply using OpenAI’s products to look for evidence that they stole and reproduced The Times’s copyrighted works.”
“And that is exactly what we found. In fact, the scale of OpenAI’s copying is much larger than the 100-plus examples set forth in the complaint.”
“It should be no surprise to OpenAI that illegal copying and misinformation are core features of their products and not the result of fringe behavior.”
Digital Age Conflicts
This legal clash underscores the broader challenges faced by the tech and media industries regarding copyright infringement and AI training methodologies.
The increasing reliance on AI technologies for content generation and analysis has blurred the lines between ethical use and exploitation of copyrighted material. The current dispute may set the stage for determining how intellectual property rights are upheld in the digital age.
