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New York Times sues Microsoft, ChatGPT maker OpenAI over copyright infringement
CNBC ^ | 27 December 2023 | Ryan Browne

Posted on 12/27/2023 8:25:23 AM PST by zeestephen

The New York Times on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, the company behind popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the pair of copyright infringement and abusing the newspaper's intellectual property to train large language models...In a court filing, the publisher said it seeks to hold Microsoft and OpenAI to account for "billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages..."

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1 posted on 12/27/2023 8:25:23 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

What do you call two leftists in a bar fight?

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2 posted on 12/27/2023 8:28:04 AM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: zeestephen

“billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages...”

prove it!


3 posted on 12/27/2023 8:28:45 AM PST by Bob434
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To: zeestephen

Can I sue the NYT for using some of the same words I use?

EC


4 posted on 12/27/2023 8:29:02 AM PST by Ex-Con777
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To: zeestephen

NYT is angry that a robot stole their lies?................


5 posted on 12/27/2023 8:30:39 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: zeestephen

Now this is interesting, and depending on the outcome may have huge implications to AI technology.

What sort of damages is the NY Times claiming? Would anyone whose published copyrighted works that are gobbled up and regurgitated by a bot have a case?


6 posted on 12/27/2023 8:36:10 AM PST by omni-scientist
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To: zeestephen

Using the NYT to train AI?
We obviously have nothing to expect from AI except lies, poor logic, proof of low IQ and no morality whatsoever. Sort of like the White House quota spoxidiot.


7 posted on 12/27/2023 8:37:21 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: zeestephen

We all knew that AI was just spouting leftist garbage.

This lawsuit’s discovery should prove it.


8 posted on 12/27/2023 8:39:43 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: omni-scientist

THis is interesting... this is the same argument when the internet first hit. Writers of books were saying that when digitized versions came out that putting clickable links and so on was a copyright infringement.. Writers were arguing that the links and other things change the intent. It was a huge argument back in the early 1990’s. Obviously, big tech won. As they will here. You cannot stop progress, if that’s what you consider it.


9 posted on 12/27/2023 8:41:04 AM PST by Hildy
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To: omni-scientist
Lots of lawsuits out there, and they started months ago.


10 posted on 12/27/2023 8:43:23 AM PST by Theoria
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To: Red Badger
Did they actually steal it? What if they paid for it by subscription? And if they read it and used it in a non-identifying random order (which is different than plagiarizing), what exactly is this harm they speak of? They were paid for their efforts.
11 posted on 12/27/2023 8:45:03 AM PST by BipolarBob (Yes officer, I saw the speed limit sign. I just didn't see you.)
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To: zeestephen

New York Times might get a payday, but it cannot stop AI from using its material. It won’t just be ChatGPT. Google, Amazon, Apple, IBM, and major companies like retailers and airlines will have their own variations.

This will be like Paramount trying to stop Star Trek fans from posting copyrighted images on-line. Utterly hopeless.


12 posted on 12/27/2023 8:47:20 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: zeestephen

Did I tell you that I own the letter ‘E’?


13 posted on 12/27/2023 8:52:44 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: zeestephen; Ex-Con777
accusing the pair of copyright infringement and abusing the newspaper's intellectual property to train large language models

It's fair use for AI to learn from human writers.

14 posted on 12/27/2023 9:01:58 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: zeestephen

I read a few of their articles, and may quote them in conversation.

kind of like AI does.


15 posted on 12/27/2023 9:10:11 AM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: Dr. Sivana

Just wait until the AI’s themselves learn to browse. I’ll bet they even figure out how to get around paywalls and ad blocker restrictions!


16 posted on 12/27/2023 9:14:15 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: Angelino97

Chat Box...

Write a compelling legal defense against copyright infringement.


17 posted on 12/27/2023 9:24:34 AM PST by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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