Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot
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TL;DR
- Microsoft claims its AI chatbot, Copilot, rarely reproduces full sentences from copyrighted news articles and books.
- The company is fighting copyright claims from publishers including The New York Times and book authors.
- Microsoft provided 8.2 million Copilot chat logs for analysis, arguing they show minimal overlap with copyrighted content.
- Publishers, like The New York Times, disagree with Microsoft's conclusions, alleging theft and creation of competing commercial products.
- Microsoft contends that using copyrighted material for AI training datasets constitutes fair use due to the transformative purpose of the resulting AI systems.
- The legal battle involves consolidated claims from news publishers and book authors against Microsoft and OpenAI.
- Microsoft is seeking a summary judgment to end the case early.