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Re:The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copy... by LargeTomato on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @09:37AM (#38782310)
The legal argument, which I'm sure you are very well aware of, is that training a model on data, reorganizing, and then presenting that data as your own is copyright infringement.
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Re:The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copy... by professor_x on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @10:34AM (#38782951)
I don't think OP is arguing in bad faith.The fact is it's unclear what laws this legal argument is supported by.
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Re:The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copy... by LargeTomato on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @01:36PM (#38784995)
Agreed, it is unclear. It's also a very commonly discussed issue with generative AI and there's been a significant amount of buzz around this. Is the NYT testing the legal waters? Maybe. Will this case set precedent? Yes. Is this a silly, random, completely unhinged case to bring?

No.

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Re:The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copy... by munchler on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @01:01PM (#38784587)
Can you elaborate a bit more? That’s actually just a claim, not a legal argument.

Copyright law allows for transformative uses that add something new, with a further purpose or different character, and do not substitute for the original use of the work. Are LLM’s not transformative?

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