Legal experts weigh in on landmark NYT vs. OpenAI and Microsoft lawsuit

The lawsuit involving The New York Times vs. OpenAI and Microsoft has caused legal experts to forecast what this case could mean for copyrights, publishers and AI developers alike.

The New York Times (NYT) has taken on OpenAI and Microsoft in a landmark legal battle in which it accused the companies of copyright infringement while training AI models with information wrongfully sourced from the publication’s archive. 

All parties have released back-and-forth statements giving their perspectives, with OpenAI calling the NYT’s claims meritless and lawyers for the NYT saying OpenAI’s usage of the material was “not fair use by any measure.”

The case has attracted attention from both AI and legal experts, who are closely watching how it could reshape the landscape of AI regulation and the rights of content creators.

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