‘Largest theft of labour’: What new NYT filings reveal about its case against OpenAI, Microsoft
Newly unsealed court documents reveal concerns from Microsoft and OpenAI about OpenAI's use of millions of news articles to develop AI systems. The documents include internal assessments, with Microsoft director of applied science Brent Hecht describing the use as an "astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions" and perhaps the "largest theft of labor in human history".
OpenAI executives discussed how products like ChatGPT could substitute for visits to publishers' websites. This case is part of The New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the use of copyrighted articles without permission to train AI models. Microsoft and OpenAI are both defendants due to their close partnership, with Microsoft providing computing infrastructure and data access to OpenAI.
The dispute centers on whether training AI on copyrighted material qualifies as fair use under US copyright law, considering factors such as the purpose and character of the use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount used, and the impact on the market for the original work.
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