The New York Times is suing Microsoft and OpenAI over copyright infringement, claiming the companies are responsible for “billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages.”
Representatives for Microsoft and OpenAI did not immediately respond to request for comment.
The suit, filed Wednesday, does not include a specific monetary demand but does use the above-mentioned claim that Microsoft and OpenAI are responsible for billions in damages and demands that any chatbot models and data that pulled copyrighted work from The Times be destroyed.
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