With copyright issues mounting, The New York Times will sue OpenAI to protect its professional standing

The New York Times is considering legal action against OpenAI over intellectual property rights concerns related to its reporting.
These concerns are reinforced by the use of ChatGPT's artificial intelligence model, which may reduce the need for readers to visit the newspaper's website.
There are legal challenges to the legality of models such as ChatGPT using data from the Internet without permission.

OpenAI, the developer of the ChatGPT system, is facing a legal confrontation with The New York Times, as the newspaper is considering taking legal measures to protect the intellectual property rights associated with its reports, after a series of lawsuits against the company by well-known figures accusing it of copyright infringement.

OpenAI and The New York Times have been in extensive talks with the goal of establishing a licensing agreement. The agreement proposes that OpenAI pay the newspaper compensation for using its articles in its AI tools. However, negotiations became tense, prompting the newspaper to consider legal action against it.

Among the newspaper's biggest concerns is that tools such as ChatGPT may reduce the need for readers to visit the newspaper's website, as the system can generate text based on original reporting by the newspaper. These concerns are heightened when large companies use AI in search engines, such as Microsoft's Bing, which is now using ChatGPT.

Frms like ChatGPT collect huge data from the Internet without explicit permissions. The legality of collecting this data has so far been murky. If OpenAI is deemed to have infringed copyright, you may face severe consequences.

Potential legal challenges and growing tensions between AI companies and content producers emerge in the digital age. Although AI companies may claim "fair use" in their defense, the outcome of these lawsuits will set important standards for copyright in the age of AI.