ChatGPT maker braces for battle with New York Times and authors over ‘fair use’ of copyrighted works
A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products, which wouldn't be so eloquent if they hadn't ingested vast amounts of copyrighted human works.
But do AI chatbots - in this case, widely commercialized products created by OpenAI and business partner Microsoft - violate copyright and fair competition laws? Professional writers and media outlets will face an uphill battle to win that argument in court.
"I would like to be optimistic on behalf of the authors, but I am not. I just think they have an uphill ...