Ziff Davis and IGN sue OpenAI for copyright infringement - My blog
In one of many extra frequent disputes of contemporary AI, Ziff Davis, IGN Leisure, and On a regular basis Well being Media have sued OpenAI for copyright infringement. The lawsuit from the media firms alleged copyright infringement, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), unjust enrichment, and trademark dilution. IGN and On a regular basis Well being Media are divisions of Ziff Davis.
Allegations Against OpenAI
Ziff Davis alleged, “OpenAI has deliberately and relentlessly reproduced actual copies and created derivatives of Ziff Davis works without Ziff Davis’ authorization. The lawsuit from the media firms alleged copyright infringement, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), unjust enrichment, and trademark dilution. IGN and On a regular basis Well being Media are divisions of Ziff Davis.
A spokesperson for OpenAI stated, “ChatGPT helps improve human creativity, advance scientific discovery and medical research, and enable hundreds of millions of people to improve their daily lives. Our models empower innovation and are trained on publicly available data and grounded in fair use."
Ziff Davis' Response
Ziff Davis stated it has published high-quality journalism for nearly 100 years, growing from its roots as the publisher of Popular Aviation to its current stewardship of over 45 diverse digital media publications and web brands, including IGN, Mashable, CNET, ZDNet, PCMag, Lifehacker, BabyCenter, and On a regular basis Well being. Annually, Ziff Davis produces almost 2 million new articles and article updates—including over 5,000 product reviews—by which it owns the exclusive rights.
Ziff Davis also alleges that OpenAI trained its AI models on its work even though Ziff Davis instructed net crawlers not to scrape its data using a robots.txt file.
Conclusion
It is clear that the lawsuit between Ziff Davis, IGN, On a regular basis Well being Media, and OpenAI raises crucial issues about copyright infringement in the age of AI. The outcome of this legal battle will have significant implications for the future of AI model training and fair use of copyrighted works.
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