The Intercept, Raw Story and AlterNet sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

Progressive US outlets file lawsuits claiming the company in effect plagiarized journalists' work to develop ChatGPT

OpenAI and Microsoft are facing a fresh round of lawsuits from news publishers over allegations that their generative artificial intelligence products violated copyright laws and illegally trained by using journalists' work. Three progressive US outlets - the Intercept, Raw Story and AlterNet - filed suits in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, demanding compensation from the tech companies.

The news outlets claim that the companies in effect plagiarized copyright-protected articles to develop and operate ChatGPT, which has become OpenAI's most prominent generative AI tool. They allege that ChatGPT was trained not to respect copyright, ignores proper attribution and fails to notify users when the service's answers are generated using journalists' protected work.