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Incident 995: The New York Times Reportedly Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Alleged Unauthorized AI Training on Its Content

Description: The New York Times alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of its articles without permission to train AI models, including ChatGPT. The lawsuit claims the companies scraped and reproduced copyrighted content without compensation, in turn undermining the Times’s business and competing with its journalism. Some AI outputs allegedly regurgitate Times articles verbatim. The lawsuit seeks damages and demands the destruction of AI models trained on its content.

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Alleged: OpenAI , Microsoft , Microsoft Bing Chat , GPT-4 and ChatGPT developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Writers , The New York Times , publishers , Media organizations , Journalists , Journalism , Journalistic integrity and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Microsoft Bing Chat , GPT-4 and ChatGPT

Incident Stats

Incident ID
995
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2023-12-27
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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MIT

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Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

2.1. Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Privacy & Security

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Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

AI

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Unintentional

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The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.’s Use of Copyrighted Work
New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for using articles to train AI
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The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.’s Use of Copyrighted Work

The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.’s Use of Copyrighted Work

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New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for using articles to train AI

New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for using articles to train AI

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The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.’s Use of Copyrighted Work
nytimes.com · 2023

The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement on Wednesday, opening a new front in the increasingly intense legal battle over the unauthorized use of published work to train artificial intelligence technologies.

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New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for using articles to train AI
washingtonpost.com · 2023

The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Wednesday over the tech companies' use of its copyrighted articles to train their artificial intelligence technology, joining a growing wave of opposition to the tech industry's using creative…

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A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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