A group of major Canadian news publishers, including The Canadian Press, Torstar, Globe and Mail, Postmedia, and CBC/Radio-Canada, have accused OpenAI of using their content to train its AI model ChatGPT. Filed a lawsuit against OpenAI. Appropriate authorization.
In a joint statement on Nov. 29, the groups alleged that OpenAI systematically violates copyright laws by collecting vast amounts of data from Canadian media sources without their consent.
“OpenAI is profiting from the use of this content without obtaining permission or compensating the content owner,” the statement said, the Associated Press reported.
The lawsuit alleges that these practices harm hundreds of millions of dollars in investment in journalism and that the content created by media organizations is protected by copyright law.
The statement continued: “News companies welcome innovation, but all participants must follow the law and the use of intellectual property must occur on fair terms.”
Similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, generative AI can generate content in a variety of formats, including text, images, video, and computer code, based on simple input. These systems rely on training data, which must first include a wide range of existing materials.
OpenAI responded by saying its model was trained using publicly available data. The company claimed its practices are “based on fair use and related international copyright principles that are fair to creators and support innovation,” the Associated Press reported.
The company also said it has “worked closely with news publishers, including visibility, attribution, and linking to their content in ChatGPT search” and provided news organizations with “an easy way to opt out if they wish.” .
Although a similar case is already underway in the United States, this is the first case of its kind in Canada. For example, The New York Times filed a lawsuit in December against OpenAI and Microsoft for using the magazine’s articles to train chatbots.
Similarly, in April 2024, eight U.S. newspapers filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming that the tech giant was using a vast amount of copyright rights to train its AI chatbots without consent or compensation. Alleged illegal use of protected news content.
However, some news organizations have chosen to work with OpenAI by agreeing to indemnification agreements for their content. The Associated Press, along with the Wall Street Journal and News Corp (publisher of the New York Post), The Atlantic, Axel Springer (Germany) and Prissa Media (Spain), as well as France’s Le Monde and the Financial Times; In the UK, all countries have secured licensing deals in the past year.
