The New York Times files a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI seeking 'billions' in damages.

The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement. The lawsuit claims that OpenAI used "millions" of New York Times articles without permission to train ChatGPT, resulting in the system generating verbatim excerpts from the newspaper's articles. This has allowed users to access New York Times content without paying for it, leading to a loss of subscription revenue and advertising clicks. The lawsuit also mentions Microsoft's involvement as it has invested over $10 billion in OpenAI. This legal action is not the first for OpenAI, as it has recently faced several lawsuits and copyright infringement allegations. These cases include a copyright infringement lawsuit by authors George RR Martin and John Grisham and legal action by comedian Sarah Silverman. OpenAI is also facing a lawsuit from computing experts who claim that their code was used without permission to train an AI. Additionally, there have been lawsuits against developers of generative AI, including text-to-image generators, for allegedly using copyrighted artwork without authorization. None of these lawsuits have been resolved yet.