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    OpenAI evades lawsuit over training ChatGPT with articles, continues forming partnerships with news organizations

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    OpenAI avoided a lawsuit filed by Raw Story and AlterNet, who accused it of unlawfully using their articles to train its language model ChatGPT. On the 7th of November, a New York judge dismissed the case due to lack of evidence demonstrating real harm. Although the case has been dismissed for now, the judge left room for outlets to come back with additional evidence. Meanwhile, OpenAI has been forming legal partnerships with news organizations to use their content in its AI services. OpenAI recently launched ChatGPT Search, a feature that provides web-based answers to users’ questions.

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    OpenAI, the brains behind ChatGPT, has dodged a copyright lawsuit. News outlets Raw Story and AlterNet had accused the company of wrongfully using their articles for training its language model. However, a judge in New York knocked back the lawsuit on the 7th of November.

    Why was the case dismissed? Basically, the judge reckoned there wasn’t enough evidence to prove any real harm was done. Yet, she didn’t completely shut the door on the issue. She suggested that the outlets could come back with more evidence and refile the suit.

    To get a better understanding of the whole situation, the outlets were not just peeved about their articles being used without permission. They were more bothered about the fact that their stuff was used for free to enhance ChatGPT.

    As it is, the judge thought their cause for a lawsuit was not strong enough. But, it doesn’t mean OpenAI is totally in the clear. The news outlets’ lawyers were pretty confident they could rework their case to address the judge’s worries and try again.

    Back in February, these outlets had claimed that OpenAI unlawfully used thousands of their articles to train its chatbot. And it’s not the first time OpenAI has faced such complaints. The New York Times did the same back in December 2023, as have Time and The Associated Press.

    Switching gears a bit, OpenAI has been making substantial progress in forming partnerships with news organizations. This way, they can legally use news content to provide real-time answers to users’ questions. They’re in bed with the likes of the Financial Times, Le Monde of France, Spain’s Prisa Media, and the German giant, Axel Springer.

    As a result of these collaborations, OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT Search on the 1st of November. This new feature lets users search and receive web-based answers to their questions.

    By the way, OpenAI is not the only AI company teaming up with news organizations. Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, made its first news deal with Reuters on October 25. This partnership will let Meta’s AI chatbot link directly to Reuters articles when answering related queries.

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