Why is the New York Times suing OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT? ChatGPT is a large language model which draws from countless sources... including the NYT. Does it legally need the Times' permission to draw from its articles? Is it unfairly leveraging the NYT's catalogue? If the NYT wins the enormous damages it is asking for...what does that mean for artificial intelligence? Does this open the door for any source to sue to Open AI? How does Congress get involved to manage a "fair use" dispute? It's a complicated one, this week on WNW!
Why is the New York Times suing OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT? ChatGPT is a large language model which draws from countless sources... including the NYT. Does it legally need the Times' permission to draw from its articles? Is it unfairly leveraging the NYT's catalogue? If the NYT wins the enormous damages it is asking for...what does that mean for artificial intelligence? Does this open the door for any source to sue to Open AI? How does Congress get involved to manage a "fair use" dispute? It's a complicated one, this week on WNW!