FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays output from ChatGPT, March 21, 2023, in Boston. Campaigns will be required to clearly state that political advertisements airing in Michigan were created with the use of artificial intelligence under legislation expected to be signed in the coming days by the Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The use of AI-generated deepfakes within 90 days of an election will be prohibited without a disclosure identifying the media as manipulated. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
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OpenAI seeks to dismiss parts of New York Times suit
OpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) tool, filed this week seeking to dismiss key elements of a lawsuit brought by the New York Times.
In the filing in the Southern District of New York, OpenAI argued that ChatGPT is “is not in any way a substitute for a subscription to The New York Times” and asked a judge to toss the lawsuit, our colleague Dominick Mastrangelo reported.
In a lawsuit filed in December, the Times argued OpenAI, through its training of ChatGPT, is effectively stealing billions of dollars worth of work by its journalists and poses a threat to the newspaper.
“In the real world, people do not use ChatGPT or any other OpenAI product for that purpose,” the filing said. “Nor could they. In the ordinary course, one cannot use ChatGPT to serve up Times articles at will.”
The Times’s lawsuit could set a precedent over copyright claims of media companies during the age of advancing AI.
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Apple filed a lawsuit in Virginia federal court challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and its refusal to grant the company trademarks for its augmented reality tools. The company has argued that its augmented reality software development tools “Reality Composer” and “Reality Converter” should be trademarked. The office has said the phrases were not distinct enough to warrant a federal trademark protection. …
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