Canadian Media File Lawsuit Against OpenAI
Several prominent Canadian news organizations are alleging that OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has committed copyright infringement. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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A coalition of prominent Canadian media organizations has launched a legal action against OpenAI, claiming that the developer of ChatGPT violated copyright laws and online usage agreements in the training of its AI models.
Filed on Friday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, this lawsuit adds to the growing list of legal challenges facing OpenAI regarding the utilization of data and news content for AI training.
The plaintiffs are seeking punitive damages from OpenAI, as well as a share of any profits generated from their news articles. Additionally, they are asking for a judicial order to prevent OpenAI from using their content in the future.
“OpenAI regularly breaches copyright and online terms of use by scraping large swaths of content from Canadian media to help develop its products, such as ChatGPT,” stated the representatives of Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada in a collective statement.
They pointed out that OpenAI has been engaging in these practices without obtaining permission or compensating the content creators.
“Journalism is in the public interest. OpenAI using other companies’ journalism for their own commercial gain is not. It’s illegal,” the plaintiffs asserted.
This lawsuit is just one of several similar legal complaints OpenAI has encountered in recent years. Last December, the New York Times took legal action against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright violations.
Earlier this year, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk sued OpenAI, claiming it strayed from its original mission of developing AI for humanitarian purposes rather than for profit. Recently, he expanded his lawsuit to include Microsoft, accusing both organizations of monopolizing the generative AI market and marginalizing competitors.
Emily Johnson for TROIB News
Filed on Friday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, this lawsuit adds to the growing list of legal challenges facing OpenAI regarding the utilization of data and news content for AI training.
The plaintiffs are seeking punitive damages from OpenAI, as well as a share of any profits generated from their news articles. Additionally, they are asking for a judicial order to prevent OpenAI from using their content in the future.
“OpenAI regularly breaches copyright and online terms of use by scraping large swaths of content from Canadian media to help develop its products, such as ChatGPT,” stated the representatives of Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada in a collective statement.
They pointed out that OpenAI has been engaging in these practices without obtaining permission or compensating the content creators.
“Journalism is in the public interest. OpenAI using other companies’ journalism for their own commercial gain is not. It’s illegal,” the plaintiffs asserted.
This lawsuit is just one of several similar legal complaints OpenAI has encountered in recent years. Last December, the New York Times took legal action against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright violations.
Earlier this year, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk sued OpenAI, claiming it strayed from its original mission of developing AI for humanitarian purposes rather than for profit. Recently, he expanded his lawsuit to include Microsoft, accusing both organizations of monopolizing the generative AI market and marginalizing competitors.
Emily Johnson for TROIB News
