OpenAI and New York Times File Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment in Copyright Lawsuit
In the copyright and artificial intelligence training lawsuit, the parties have requested a ruling from the judge based on the fair use defense.
OpenAI, Microsoft, The New York Times, and a group of authors have asked the court for favorable rulings at a critical juncture that will define the boundaries of copyright law regarding the training of artificial intelligence models.
Core Dimensions of the Lawsuit
OpenAI, Microsoft, The New York Times, and prominent authors have submitted their views to the court in one of the most critical disputes between artificial intelligence training and copyright law.
Technology companies and copyright holders have requested favorable rulings from U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein in Manhattan regarding the fair use defense, which is expected to determine the fate of the lawsuit.
Plaintiffs and Their Claims
The lawsuit filed by The New York Times in 2023 alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of newspaper articles without permission to train ChatGPT.
A group of authors, including John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, and George R.R. Martin, filed a separate lawsuit on the grounds that their books were used without authorization to train the artificial intelligence chatbot.
Arguments of the Defense
OpenAI and Microsoft defended their practices by arguing that artificial intelligence training is transformative in nature, does not replace copyrighted books, and causes no harm to authors.
The progression of the consolidated lawsuits in New York will depend on whether the use of copyrighted materials by artificial intelligence systems to create new transformative content is considered falling under fair use.