29.11.2024 20:18 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Canadian news organizations sue OpenAI for ChatGPT copyright infringement

A coalition of Canadian news outlets sued OpenAI on Friday for copyright infringement. The joint lawsuit accuses the company of “capitalizing and profiting” from the unauthorized use of their content for ChatGPT. The legal action was filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The plaintiffs include CBC/Radio-Canada, Postmedia, Metroland, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail and The Canadian Press. They’re seeking punitive damages from OpenAI, payments for any profits the ChatGPT creator made from using their news articles and a ban on further use of their content. “OpenAI regularly breaches copyright and online terms of use by scraping large swaths of content from Canadian media to help develop its products, such as ChatGPT,” the media outlets wrote in a statement (via CBC News). “OpenAI is capitalizing and profiting from the use of this content, without getting permission or compensating content owners.” In a statement to Engadget, OpenAI noted its news content

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