The New York Times on Wednesday filed a copyright lawsuit against Microsoft and ChatGPT creator OpenAI in a legal action expected to shape the debate over generative-artificial-intelligence technologies.
In a suit that may have a wide impact on the future of the news-publishing business, the New York Times alleges that technology companies including Microsoft Corp.
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and OpenAI used its content without authorization to create AI products. Microsoft launched an AI-powered chatbot, Copilot, earlier this year.
Microsoft’s stock was down by 0.2% in premarket trading on Wednesday. New York Times shares
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were up by 0.8%.
The media company said the defendants in the suit avoided spending the billions of dollars that it had invested in news gathering by using that work “without permission or compensation.”
Microsoft and OpenAI did not immediately comment on the suit, according to reports.
