In a copyright lawsuit against The New York Times, OpenAI has requested access to the newspaper's internal research materials and documents in order to evaluate the validity of claims that ChatGPT copied content. The New York Times has opposed this request, arguing that it could pose a threat to press freedom. The core focus of the lawsuit is the scope of copyright assessment, with The New York Times insisting it only pertains to published articles, while OpenAI's lawyers are interested in internal documents to verify the accusations. The lawsuit also hints at future trends in AI training methods, which may increasingly rely on high-quality data rather than sheer volume.

Recently, a fierce debate over copyright has erupted in the field of artificial intelligence music. After being sued by the three major record companies, Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music, AI music startup Udio issued a statement today, firmly asserting that its model does not replicate copyrighted works or the voices of artists.

The artificial intelligence image generator Midjourney has amended its terms of service, replacing previous humorous wording with more formal legal language. Midjourney has consistently claimed that using copyrighted works to train its model is permissible under the principle of 'fair use.' Some artists and content creators believe that Midjourney's actions infringe on their copyrights. The amendment to the terms of service may indicate that they are confident in winning copyright lawsuits in court.

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A music publisher sues Anthropic for infringement, while the latter defends itself citing 'transformative use'. Anthropic claims that using lyrics to train AI models is 'transformative use', emphasizing the creation of datasets to teach neural networks how human language operates. They reject claims of irreparable harm, pointing out the lack of evidence showing that their AI models led to a decrease in song licensing revenue.

OpenAI publicly responds to the New York Times copyright lawsuit, stating that using public data to train AI systems is fair use. The company emphasizes that during the creation of generative AI systems like GPT-4 and DALL-E 3, it did not learn from billions of sources but rather engaged in fair use. OpenAI explains that the generative AI model outputs training data verbatim in response to prompts and calls for users to act responsibly. The company refutes the New York Times' allegations of data regurgitation, asserting that AI-generated content is distinctly different from the original text.

OpenAI has recently filed a motion to dismiss five claims in two copyright lawsuits regarding the use of copyrighted material in the training data for ChatGPT and its underlying language models, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4. OpenAI argues that large language models have transformative qualities and should be subject to the fair use doctrine. OpenAI plans to mount a defense in court against direct infringement claims.