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00:00 The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement over unauthorized
00:06 use of its published work to train AI technologies.
00:10 This could have implications for all of us.
00:13 The lawsuit alleges that the companies used millions of Times articles to train automated
00:19 chatbots that are now competitors.
00:22 The Times is demanding billions in statutory and actual damages and wants chatbot models
00:27 using its copyrighted material destroyed.
00:31 This landmark case could redefine the legal landscape of generative AI technologies and
00:37 potentially put users in the crosshairs.
00:40 This is critical to understand.
00:42 Cecilia Zanitti, an IP and AI lawyer, broke it down on X saying "It's the best case
00:49 yet alleging that generative AI is copyright infringement, and it could be a watershed
00:55 moment for AI and copyright."
00:58 Sharing screenshots from the filing, she showed the comparative output between chatGPT and
01:04 actual text from the New York Times, revealing word-for-word outputs and saying "It would
01:11 be smarter for OpenAI to settle than fight."
01:15 She might be right because the New York Times brought receipts after negotiations broke
01:20 down over many months with OpenAI.
01:23 Leading AI expert Gary Marcus also pointed out that the prompts that elicited the plagiarism
01:30 in no way requested that the system draw on the New York Times at all.
01:36 But what does this mean for users of generative AI, including businesses and the general public?
01:42 Well there are four things you need to know urgently.
01:45 The fourth is the most important of all, and I've got a free chapter from my brand new
01:49 book The Wolf is at the Door, How to Survive and Thrive in an AI-Driven World for you below,
01:56 to help you prepare for 2024.
01:58 But first, The Guardian reported in November that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will defend customers
02:06 and pay the costs incurred if they face legal claims around copyright infringement.
02:12 This includes chatGPT Enterprise and API.
02:15 Notably however, it didn't include users of the free version of chatGPT or chatGPT+
02:23 which could expose enterprises and individuals to lawsuits if staff do not understand the
02:30 new dynamics.
02:31 Second, I suspect that we will see AI models in 2024 developed to crawl the internet to
02:38 find out who is reproducing copyrighted material, and there will be a flood of lawsuits.
02:45 Businesses and users may inadvertently reproduce content from sites like the New York Times.
02:51 So here's my recommendation.
02:54 If you're using generative AI, run it through a plagiarism checker before hitting publish,
03:00 as there could be a run on lawsuits to make money on copyright claims, and speak to an
03:05 IP lawyer if your staff is using it.
03:09 Third, this lawsuit could pave the way for writers, publishers and creators to finally
03:15 be compensated for their work that has been used to train these models.
03:19 A version of this model was introduced in Japan with Alt-Inc becoming the world's first
03:24 company to pay salaries to employees AI clones, something I predicted in my new book months
03:31 ago.
03:32 Lastly, this lawsuit could force OpenAI and other platforms like Midjourning to reveal
03:38 their training data, opening a huge can of worms and slowing down AI's progress.
03:43 This may lead to companies needing to train their own AI models on their proprietary content,
03:49 but will that proprietary content be used in others' outputs like it has in this case?
03:55 New security measures will have to be put in place and the risk assessed.
04:00 The bottom line is this, this is a landmark lawsuit that could have huge implications
04:05 for the future of generative AI, and most are simply unprepared to navigate it.
04:10 Download the free chapter from my new book, The Wolf Is At The Door, that explores the
04:15 threats and opportunities of an AI-driven world.
04:19 Trust me, you're going to need it.
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