New York Times v. OpenAI
High-stakes test of publisher licensing markets and output substitution in generative AI.
CopyrightFederalWatchingFiled / active 2023U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Procedural posture
Major publisher suit alleging copying of news content for GPT training and output regurgitation; motions pending (placeholder).
Facts
The Times alleges OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of its articles to train models that can reproduce paywalled content and substitute for Times products (placeholder).
Legal issues
- Training on news articles without license
- Memorization and verbatim output
- Market harm to journalism licensing markets
Holding
Pending (placeholder).
Reasoning
Not yet resolved on merits (placeholder).
Why it matters for AI law
High-stakes test of publisher licensing markets and output substitution in generative AI.
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