OpenAI’s ChatGPT Service Only Disseminates Public Information: Report

Microsoft-backed OpenAI reportedly sought to block India’s largest media organisations, including those owned by Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, from joining a copyright lawsuit that could shape AI regulations in the country. The case, initially filed by news agency ANI, has expanded as book publishers and nearly a dozen digital media outlets accuse OpenAI of using copyrighted content without permission to train its AI models. OpenAI, however, maintains that its ChatGPT service only disseminates publicly available information under fair use principles, according to a Reuters report.

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OpenAI’s Legal Defense

India is OpenAI’s second-largest market by number of users, after the United States. According to the report, earlier on Tuesday, OpenAI had in a filing sought to dismiss the book publisher’s case, saying its ChatGPT service only disseminates public information.

Later in court, OpenAI lawyer Amit Sibal said he would oppose the bid by media organisations to join the case. “I have an objection, I wish to file a reply,” Sibal reportedly told the court, referring to a written reply he would submit with reasoning in due course. The court is set to hear the matter next in February.

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According to the report, OpenAI asserts that it only uses publicly available data in a manner protected by fair use principles. In its initial response to the ANI case, OpenAI also argued that Indian judges have no jurisdiction over the matter since its servers are located abroad.