Five major Canadian news organizations filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, accusing ChatGPT owners of violating copyright laws to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.
of outlet lawsuitThe lawsuit, filed in Ontario Superior Court, is the latest in a series of legal challenges against AI developers over the use of data and news material to train AI systems.
Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, Toaster, Canadian Press and CBC/Radio-Canada said in a statement Friday that OpenAI “exploits the journalism of other companies for its own commercial benefit.” , argued that this was in violation of the law. .
The companies said they “welcome innovation” and that the use of intellectual property “must be on fair terms.”
“OpenAI regularly violates copyright and online terms of service by scraping large amounts of content from Canadian media to support the development of products such as ChatGPT,” the news outlet said. “OpenAI is profiting from the use of this content without obtaining permission or compensating the content owner.”
The 84-page lawsuit seeks damages against OpenAI and a permanent injunction barring the technology company from using the material without permission.
An OpenAI spokesperson said the company's models are “trained on publicly available data based on fair use and relevant international copyright principles that are fair to creators and support innovation.”
“We work closely with news publishers regarding visibility, attribution, and linking to their content in ChatGPT searches, and provide an easy way to opt out if you wish,” the spokesperson added. Ta.
The lawsuit follows several other news organizations that have similarly claimed copyright infringement, including the New York Times, which claimed that OpenAI threatened newspapers' profits by stealing billions of dollars worth of journalists' work. This will be added to the lawsuit.
OpenAI was also pushed back The lawsuit alleges that training retention is fair use and that retailers are provided with an “opt-out.”
But a number of news organizations and media companies have also reached licensing deals with the AI company, including The Associated Press, Axel Springer, News Corp, The Atlantic and Vox Media. Axel Springer owns Politico and Business Insider, while News Corp owns the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
Earlier this month, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Raw Story and AlterNet against OpenAI, finding that the companies had not proven actual damages.
