OpenAI Accuses New York Times Of Manipulating Chatbot Evidence In Copyright Lawsuit

OpenAI has requested a federal judge to dismiss parts of the copyright lawsuit brought by the New York Times, contending that the newspaper engaged in unauthorised manipulation of its chatbot ChatGPT to produce deceptive evidence for the case.

In a filing submitted to the Manhattan federal court on Monday, OpenAI asserted that the Times induced the technology to replicate its content using misleading prompts that flagrantly violated OpenAI's terms of use.

OpenAI said, "The truth, which will come out in the course of this case, is that the Times paid someone to hack OpenAI's products."

The Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, in December, alleging that they used millions of its articles without authorisation to train its chatbots.

The Times is one of several copyright holders taking legal action against tech companies for the purported inappropriate use of their content in AI training, joining groups representing authors, visual artists, and music publishers in similar legal challenges.