New York Times Co.’s OpenAI-Microsoft Suit Is a Negotiating Tactic

The biggest news on a slow news day in a slow news week is about the news. That’s the way the news people want it.

The New York Times Co. grabbed the lonely spotlight Wednesday morning with a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, seeking compensation for the ChatGPT developer’s use of the newspaper’s articles to train ChatGPT. The lawsuit is an interesting read, complete with examples of how ChatGPT sometimes spits out Times articles verbatim. 

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