Since August, numerous news organizations, including prominent ones like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Reuters, have implemented blockers on their websites to prevent tech companies from scraping their articles. However, it is likely that their extensive online archives, spanning several decades, have already been utilized to develop AI tools.
The Washington Post expressed its support for The New York Times's decision to protect copyright principles while closely examining the complaint.
OpenAI has been engaging in negotiations with news organizations for the past year, aiming to compensate them for their content. In July, OpenAI reached an agreement with the Associated Press, granting access to its collection of news articles. OpenAI maintains that its practices are compliant with copyright laws and that the agreements it is pursuing are intended solely for accessing content not available online or for displaying links or sections of articles in ChatGPT.
Axel Springer, a German publishing company that owns Politico and Business Insider, recently entered into a deal with OpenAI. As part of the agreement, OpenAI will pay to include excerpts from articles in ChatGPT responses. Additionally, earlier this year, Google approached media outlets with proposals to develop and sell AI tools designed to assist journalists.