New York Times, OpenAI and Bing apps on phone. As well as a demand for damages, restitution and costs, The New York Times is calling for the destruction of all large language models (LLMs) trained on its copyrighted work. Both Microsoft and OpenAI are included because of the way they have collaborated in developing generative AI models. Why New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and MicrosoftBut The New York Times believes the two tech companies have “reaped substantial savings by taking and using – at no cost” its content to create their models without paying for a licence. The New York Times said it publishes more than 250 original articles per day on average, “many” of which take months or more to report.

Source: New York Times January 02, 2024 13:18 UTC