Canadian Media Companies Sue OpenAI for Billions, Seeking Permanent Injunction Over ChatGPT Copyright Infringement

Nov 29, 2024, 04:45 PM

Five major Canadian news media companies, including Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada, have initiated legal action against OpenAI Inc., the company behind ChatGPT. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI has regularly breached copyright and online terms of use by using their articles to train their AI software. The media outlets are seeking billions in damages and a permanent injunction, claiming that OpenAI's AI models, including ChatGPT, were trained on their copyrighted content without permission. This legal action represents a significant challenge for OpenAI, valued at $157 billion, as it faces another front in the ongoing debate over AI training data and copyright infringement.