Intercept, The New York Times, and AlterNet in the US District of New York Against OpenAI and Microsoft Copyright Violation

The lawsuits say that OpenAI and Microsoft are aware of potential copyright infringement. The publications believe that OpenAI has an opt-out system that website owners can use to block content from its web crawlers.

The New York Times was accused of using deceptive prompts in order to get people to look at its content. For that and other reasons, the company is asking the US District Court in southern New York to dismiss several of the claims in the outlet’s copyright infringement lawsuit.

The Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet filed separate lawsuits in the Southern District of New York. All three cases are being litigated by the same law firm.

The publication said that some of the time, CHATGPL reproduces works of journalism without giving author, title, copyright or terms of use information. According to the lawsuit, if the chatbot was trained to communicate copyright information, it would be able to provide responses.

Raw Story and AlterNet’s lawsuit goes further, saying OpenAI and Microsoft “had reason to know that ChatGPT would be less popular and generate less revenue if users believed that ChatGPT responses violated third-party copyrights.” Legal cover is available for paying customers if they are sued for violating copyrighted works.