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Canadian Media Companies Sue OpenAI for "Strip-Mining Journalism"

80 Level · Gloria Levine · last updated

AI can be an issue not only for artists but also for other professionals, including journalists, and some of them are ready to go to court over copyright questions.

As reported by The Guardian, several Canadian news companies have sued OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, accusing it of “strip-mining journalism” and unjust enrichment by using news articles to train the software.

The suit, filed on Friday, demands to prohibit OpenAI from using the companies’ articles and share the profits made from every use of their materials, which will result in OpenAI losing billions of dollars if the outlets win the lawsuit.

The media organizations involved include the Globe and Mail, the Canadian Press, the CBC, the Toronto Star, Metroland Media, and Postmedia. They want up to C$20,000 in damages for each article used by OpenAI.

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