Authorization to this extent appears unlikely. Many corporations don’t care for the idea of their own material being used by AI companies that are inherently competing with them in the marketplace.
At this time, it’s safe to predict that the New York Times won’t be the only content owner denying AI companies the right to use its material to instruct generative bots.
In the meantime, OpenAI concedes copyright protections extend across “virtually every sort of human expression.” It also maintains that only having permission to access instructional data for bots from “public domain books and drawings” would sabotage its efforts to meet the needs of the public.
Following the lawsuit from the Times, OpenAI asserts using the Times’ material for bot training doesn’t infringe upon copyright protections. Needless to say, the New York Times has a very different point of view.
More lawsuits coming down the pipeline
As it turns out, OpenAI is far from the only company starring down a lawsuit alleging illegal use of copyrighted content.
