OpenAI, Microsoft sued by news nonprofit for copyright infringement
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Lawsuit by the Center for Investigative Reporting comes after similar claims by The New York Times and other newspapers.
OpenAI and its main backer Microsoft are being sued by another news organisation in the United States for alleged copyright infringement.
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), which publishes Mother Jones and Reveal, said on Thursday that it had filed the lawsuit accusing the tech firms of using its content without permission in a “rebuke to artificial intelligence and its exploitative practices”.
“OpenAI and Microsoft started vacuuming up our stories to make their product more powerful, but they never asked for permission or offered compensation, unlike other organisations that license our material,” Monika Bauerlein, CEO of the Center for Investigative Reporting, said in a statement.
“This free rider behaviour is not only unfair, it is a violation of copyright. The work of journalists, at CIR and everywhere, is valuable, and OpenAI and Microsoft know it.”
OpenAI and Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
