Picture: Shutterstock/rafapressOpenAI has revealed it proposed a “high-value partnership” based around showing attribution to up-to-the-minute New York Times reporting in ChatGPT before the publisher filed a lawsuit against it. The New York Times filed its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft on 27 December, 12 days later. RelatedOpenAI has now revealed details of the negotiations, which it said “focused on a high-value partnership around real-time display with attribution in ChatGPT, in which The New York Times would gain a new way to connect with their existing and new readers, and our users would gain access to their reporting. “Their lawsuit on December 27—which we learned about by reading The New York Times—came as a surprise and disappointment to us.”OpenAI still wants ‘constructive partnership’ with New York TimesThe AI company said it considers the lawsuit to be “without merit” but that it still hopes for a “constructive partnership” with The New York Times. OpenAI says it wants ‘healthy news ecosystem’In its statement on Monday, OpenAI set out what it hopes to achieve when negotiating with news organisations.

Source: The Times January 09, 2024 16:31 UTC