OpenAI Accuses New York Times of Intentional Manipulation in Lawsuit Response

OpenAI responds to The New York Times' copyright infringement lawsuit, claiming that the publisher "intentionally manipulated" prompts to make it appear as if their AI chatbot generates near word-for-word excerpts of articles. OpenAI argues that training AI models using publicly available internet materials, including the publisher's articles, is fair use. The Times had reached out to OpenAI for a licensing agreement, but negotiations faltered. The lawsuit raises novel copyright issues related to generative AI and could have far-reaching implications for the news publishing industry.