Canadian news media sues OpenAI

A group of Canada‘s most prominent news media have challenged OpenAI in a legal action.

The claim of these media is massive violation of intellectual property rights and unauthorized misuse of the content produced by them to teach ChatGPT language models.

In this complaint, the Canadian media claims that their content was the result of extensive efforts and significant expenses, and that OpenAI used this content to enrich its products without obtaining the necessary permission.

They are seeking financial compensation as well as an injunction to prevent OpenAI from continuing to use their work illegally.

It should be noted that this is not the first time that OpenAI has faced such claims. Previously, prominent media such as the New York Times and New York Daily News, the creators of the popular YouTube platform, and even famous writers such as Sarah Silverman, this The company has been accused of violating intellectual property rights.

In response to these claims, OpenAI’s spokesperson has stated that the company’s models are trained on publicly available data and their use is within the framework of the fair use principle. Also, OpenAI claims that it is working with publishers to display and credit their content in its products.

This legal dispute reflects the new challenges created by the expansion of artificial intelligence and the use of massive data to train advanced language models. On the one hand, the media emphasizes the protection of their intellectual property rights, and on the other hand, artificial intelligence development companies seek to make maximum use of available data to improve their products.

This legal case will certainly have far-reaching effects on the media and technology industry and could lead to new laws and regulations on the use of data and artificial intelligence.