The Seattle Times and Newsday have filed lawsuits in a New York federal court against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the companies used news content without permission to develop AI systems. Both publications claim that the companies collected data from their websites, including articles intended for paid subscribers, to train products such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. The complaints seek the removal of copied articles, training data, and models, arguing that because AI can generate text closely resembling the original articles, it discourages users from visiting their sites or subscribing.
OpenAI has expressed the view that its models are trained on public data and are based on the principles of fair use under U.S. copyright law. Microsoft stated that it values the role of local journalism and is willing to cooperate toward resolving the dispute. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Justice, in relation to a previous lawsuit by The New York Times, has indicated the view that training AI on copyrighted material may fall within the scope of fair use, mentioning concerns that hindering AI development could impede U.S. economic growth.
Source: 米国の報道機関2社が、コンテンツの無断利用を理由にOpenAIとマイクロソフトを提訴した。 - vietnam.vn (Google News: OpenAI)