New Delhi-headquartered news agency – Asian News International (ANI) – has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI. It has accused the Artificial Intelligence firm of using ANI’s content without due permission to help train its AI chatbot, ChatGPT to provide information to users.
The court case by ANI against the artificial intelligence company is the latest one. OpenAI has been in legal trouble globally as the US newspapers, including the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune, have also sued it in the past for the same reasons.
During the first hearing of the case on 19th November, the Delhi High Court asked OpenAI to provide a detailed response to ANI’s accusations.
OpenAI was also accused of attributing fabricated news stories to the news organisation.
In its defense, OpenAI issued an official response through its spokesperson stating, “We build our AI models using publicly available data, in a manner protected by fair use and related principles, and supported by long-standing and widely accepted legal precedents.”
Meanwhile, OpenAI and other similar tech companies have been facing a wave of lawsuits by authors, artists, and other copyright owners on allegations that it is using their work without permission.
OpenAI, however, has denied copyright infringement.
ANI, according to reports, in its filing said that OpenAI has “refused to obtain a lawful license or permission” for the use of original works by the news agency.
The AI firm has entered into licensing arrangements with news organisations such as the Financial Times and Associated Press for similar use of copyrighted content, it said.
It was engaged in partnerships with many news organisations around the world and is holding talks to explore more such opportunities, including in India. The court is set to next hear the case on January 28, OpenAI said.