{"id":273384,"date":"2024-02-19T04:26:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T09:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=326413"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:03:15","slug":"the-future-of-ai-lies-in-a-trial-between-openai-and-a-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-future-of-ai-lies-in-a-trial-between-openai-and-a-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of AI lies in a trial between OpenAI and a newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many things are happening in the world of generative AI, but perhaps the most important one is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/openai-and-microsoft-sued-by-the-new-york-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"the growing number of copyright infringement lawsuits\">the growing number of copyright infringement lawsuits<\/a> being filed against AI companies like OpenAI and Stability AI.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"ChatGPT\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/47ef1772-2a82-4750-b97a-354b13dbd112\/3647786732\/chatgpt-ChatGPT-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">ChatGPT<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All major AI generative models from all companies are trained with large amounts of data obtained from the entire Internet. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/openai-confirms-that-it-is-impossible-to-train-chatgpt-without-stealing-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"In general, this data is stolen.\">In general, this data is stolen.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And major media companies, such as The New York Times and Getty Images, have filed lawsuits against these AI companies, stating basically that<strong> AI companies are stealing their work and profiting from it<\/strong>. Claims that amount to direct copyright infringement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? The New York Times vs. OpenAI<br><br>Learn how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24NYT&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$NYT<\/a> transitioned to digital subscriptions and why it is suing OpenAI and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24MSFT&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$MSFT<\/a>. \u2b07\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o2w9uUUkRZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/o2w9uUUkRZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/plUUT8HY5R\">pic.twitter.com\/plUUT8HY5R<\/a><\/p>&mdash; App Economy Insights (@EconomyApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EconomyApp\/status\/1746669401980719290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI infringes copyright and that is very serious<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The copyright law remains deeply rooted in the idea of making copies and regulating which copies are legal and which are not.<\/strong> Since computers cannot do anything without making copies, the copyright law appears over and over again in the history of the Internet, which allows anyone to make and distribute perfect copies faster than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But there is a brake to all that control provided by the copyright law: fair use.<\/strong> Fair use is included in the Intellectual Property Law and establishes that certain types of copies are allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New York Times sues OpenAI over copyright infringement\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kUUievwKEaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the law cannot predict what everyone will want to do, it has a four-factor test that courts can use to determine if a copy is a fair use, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24062159\/ai-copyright-fair-use-lawsuits-new-york-times-openai-chatgpt-decoder-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">explained in The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But the legal system is not deterministic or predictable. <\/strong>Any court can apply that test however they want, and a court&#8217;s decision on fair use does not set a precedent for the next court.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"ChatGPT\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/47ef1772-2a82-4750-b97a-354b13dbd112\/3647786732\/chatgpt-ChatGPT-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">ChatGPT<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that fair use is a situation that depends a lot and no one knows how many copyright lawsuits will go. Many of them seem like a coin toss, and when you add the amount of hype, uncertainty, and money that comes with AI, it becomes even more complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There is a lot at stake. <\/strong>This is a potentially extinct event for the modern AI industry, on the level of what Napster and other file-sharing sites had to face in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since computers can&#8217;t do anything without making copies, the copyright law appears again and again in the history of the Internet&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":273386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[4218,5668],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-273384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionchatgpt","tag-openai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314763,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273384\/revisions\/314763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273384"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=273384"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=273384"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=273384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}