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In a move that could reshape the relationship between news publishers and AI giants, eight prominent newspapers owned by investment firm Alden Global Capital have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement.
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., speaks with members of the media during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images The newspapers involved in the lawsuit are some of the most prominent newspapers in the Alden Global Capital portfolio, including the
At the heart of the complaint lies the accusation that OpenAI and Microsoft have been “purloining millions of the Publishers’ copyrighted articles without permission and without payment” to fuel the commercialization of their generative AI products, such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. The newspapers allege that the tech giants have removed crucial metadata, including journalists’ names and article titles, from the content used to train their AI models.
The outcome of this legal battle could have far-reaching consequences for the news industry and its compensation model in the AI era. As generative AI tools threaten to disrupt the flow of online traffic to news websites, publishers are grappling with the potential loss of advertising revenue from search results – a critical source of income for two decades.
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