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A federal judge in New York has dropped a lawsuit against OpenAI, which accused the company of unlawfully using its copyrighted content to train ChatGPT without proper attribution or compensation.
Let’s bring you up to speed: Earlier this year, news organizations “Raw Story” and “AlterNet” filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming that the company had unlawfully used thousands of their copyrighted articles to train its AI model, ChatGPT. The suit alleged that OpenAI accessed and incorporated their content without obtaining permission, accusing the company of removing copyright management information in the articles. This, they argued, allowed ChatGPT to reproduce their material without proper attribution.

What’s going on now: In a ruling, US District Judge Colleen McMahon dismissed the lawsuit, arguing that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate actual harm resulting from OpenAI’s use of their content. Judge McMahon noted that both companies could not show “any actual adverse effects” from OpenAI’s alleged removal of copyright management information or any likelihood of their content being reproduced verbatim by ChatGPT.
This all comes as OpenAI has been working to develop licensing agreements with various news outlets, aiming to legally incorporate their content into ChatGPT’s training data. Recently, OpenAI has partnered with The Associated Press and Vox Media, allowing it to use licensed material to provide accurate and timely information.