OpenAI and News Organizations Submit Briefs to District Court Over Fair Use in AI Training

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In a lawsuit filed against U.S.-based OpenAI and Microsoft for allegedly using copyrighted works without permission to train AI, both the plaintiffs and defendants submitted documents on the 4th to a federal court in New York, outlining their arguments over whether the use of copyrighted works for training purposes constitutes "fair use" under copyright law. Both sides requested a favorable ruling from Judge Stein. In the lawsuit, news organizations including The New York Times claimed that OpenAI and its major investor Microsoft used millions of articles without permission for training. Prominent authors such as John Grisham and George R.R. Martin also alleged unauthorized use of their books. OpenAI argued that "training extracts statistical patterns of language, which is highly transformative use and does not harm authors," while Microsoft countered that "the training and use of large language models do not substitute for copyrighted books." On the other hand, the authors' group pointed out that "AI is diluting the entire book market," and news organizations argued that "using plaintiffs' works for competitive purposes cannot be justified as fair use." Numerous lawsuits over AI training and copyright are pending across the country. This year, a federal court in California ruled that Anthropic and Meta's use of books constituted "transformative use," while some expressed concerns about the impact of generative AI on the market for copyrighted works. Judge Stein's decision in this case is expected to have significant implications for future litigation.

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