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The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft · Elon Musk Podcast

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  Hey everybody, welcome back to the Elon Musk Podcast.
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  This is a show where we discuss the critical Crossroads, The
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  Shape, SpaceX, Tesla X, The Boring Company, and Neuralink,
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  and I'm your host, Will Walden. The New York Times has initiated
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  A lawsuit against Open AI and Microsoft, alleging copyright
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  infringement. Now the Times claims that its
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  articles have been used without permission to train large
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  language models like ChatGPT and Co pilot, which now directly
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  compete with its journalistic content.
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  Now this legal challenge could significantly impact the whole
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  industry, particularly the development and use of AI driven
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  content generation. Now, the law asserts that Open
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  AI and Microsoft's AI models can generate content that either
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  replicates or closely summarizes the expressive style of the
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  Times, undermining its unique relationships with its
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  readership. Now, the complaint alleges, this
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  practice harms the newspaper's ability to generate revenue
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  through subscriptions, licensing, advertising, and
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  affiliate programs. Now, the New York Times contends
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  that the AI models pose a threat to high quality journalism by
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  compromising the ability of news outlets to protect and monetize
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  their content. The suit criticizes Microsoft's
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  Bing Chat and Open A IS ChatGPT for using the Times content to
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  create competitive products without permission or
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  compensation. The lawsuit also highlights the
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  significant financial success of both Open AI and Microsoft from
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  utilizing the Times content. Now, despite attempts by the
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  Times to negotiate a fair compensation for the use of its
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  content, no agreement has been reached, prompting the legal
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  action. The New York Times is seeking
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  substantial damages, potentially in the billions of dollars, for
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  the alleged copyright infringement.
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  He also requests the court to compel Open AI and Microsoft to
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  cease using its content for training AI models and to remove
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  its work from their data sets. Now this legal action follows A
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  trend where multiple news outlets, including the BBCCNN
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  and Writers have blocked open AI's web crawlers, preventing
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  the AI company from scraping their content.
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  And on the other hand, some publishers like Axel Springer
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  have embraced AI, forming agreements with Open AI for
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  content usage. A lawsuit could set a
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  significant precedent in the evolving domain of AI and
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  copyright law. The Times, as a major American
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  media organization, is the first to file such a lawsuit over AI
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  generated content, potentially setting a course for others in
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  the industry. And the Times legal complaint
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  does not specify an exact monetary amount, but emphasizes
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  the need for billions in statutory and actual damages for
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  the unauthorized use of its content.
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  Further demands the destruction of any AI models and training
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  data incorporating the Times copyrighted material.
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  Now, while Microsoft has declined to comment, Open AI has
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  not yet responded to the lawsuit.
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  This legal challenge could shape the future of generative AI
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  technologies and has major implications for the whole news
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  industry, particularly for those who have adapted successful to
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  online journalism. Now the lawsuit addresses
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  broader concerns about the use of intellectual property by AI
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  systems, a topic that has caused unease in various creative
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  industries. This includes complaints from
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  celebrities, authors, and photography syndicates about a
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  IS ability to replicate and generate content based on their
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  copyrighted works, and the legal boundaries of copyright law
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  often undergo scrutiny with technological advancements.
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  The current lawsuit against AI use by Open AI and Microsoft is
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  the latest in a series of legal challenges that have accompanied
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  major technological shifts such as the emergence of radio and
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  digital file sharing. Now, there's a growing
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  expectation that this matter will ultimately reach the
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  Supreme Court, given its importance and the novelty.
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  While some publishers might settle, the fundamental issue of
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  a IS use of copyrighted content will likely require legal
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  resolution. Prior to this lawsuit, the Times
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  attempts to negotiate with Microsoft and Open AI to reach
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  an amicable resolution, including the possibility of a
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  commercial agreement and implementing technological
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  safeguards around AI products. These talks, however, did not
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  yield a solution. The stance of the technology
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  industry on copyright concerns varies.
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  Some, like venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, argue that
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  imposing copyright liabilities on AI companies could
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  significantly hinder the development and the innovation,
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  and the lawsuit frames ChatGPT and similar AI systems as
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  potential competitors in the news sector.
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  The Times is concerned that AI generated responses using its
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  content could lead to reduced website traffic, affecting its
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  advertising and subscription revenues.
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  And the Times is also addressing the potential damage to its
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  brand caused by AI generated inaccuracies or what they call
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  hallucinations where chat bots provide false information
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  attributed to the New York Times.
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  How such incidents could lead to misinformation and harm the
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  newspaper's reputation for accuracy.
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  Now, the lawsuit also discusses how AI systems like Microsoft's
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  Bing Chat use content from the Times wire cutter site without
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  proper attribution or links, leading to revenue losses for
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  the paper. Now this highlights a broader
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  financial implications of AI use of copyrighted material.
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  Now the lawsuit by the New York Times against Open AI and
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  Microsoft is a huge development between AI, technology,
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  copyright law, and journalism. There's got to be a challenge
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  for traditional media in the digital age though.
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  They've already gone through a lot, moving from physical copies
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  of the New York Times to an all digital platform, and now Open
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  AI and Microsoft are being sued for the digital use of their
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