Jan 20, 01:29 PM

News Media Alliance Prepares Legal Action Against Major AI Company for Copyright Infringement in Coming Weeks

The News Media Alliance, a prominent lobbying group for news organizations and publishers, is preparing to file a lawsuit against a major artificial intelligence company for copyright infringement. The group believes that the AI company has been improperly using publisher content to train its model. Sources indicate that an announcement regarding the legal action is expected in the coming weeks. Proponents of the lawsuit have highlighted the current ambiguity in copyright laws as a driving factor for this legal move, particularly concerning how large language models (LLMs) utilize content from news publishers without proper licensing agreements.

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Evan DeSimone@MediaEvan
2 years ago
"Proponents of the move who spoke with Semafor on the condition of anonymity said that the current ambiguity of laws around copyright infringement by AI necessitates legal action by news publishers who feel that many LLMs have been trained on their work" https://t.co/zm7l1ABWhY
Max Tani@maxwelltani
2 years ago
From last night's @semafor media newsletter: Members of the News Media Alliance, the group that represents major news publishers, are gearing up to file a lawsuit in the coming weeks against a major AI company for copyright infringement https://t.co/FnbtTXevul
Glenn Gabe@glenngabe
2 years ago
Some have licensing deals w/OpenAI so will be interesting to see which AI company this case is against -> The News Media Alliance has been assembling a copyright infringement case against a "major AI company" and will likely announce it in the coming weeks "The News Media… https://t.co/DiJfvBYLsG

News Media Alliance Prepares Legal Action Against Major AI Company for Copyright Infringement in Coming Weeks

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