Microsoft has accused The New York Times of “doomsday futurology” for predicting that ChatGPT could ruin the news business, as it seeks to dismiss a lawsuit that claims the artificial intelligence bot’s creator OpenAI engaged in copyright infringement.
In a motion filed to a Manhattan court, Microsoft, which has committed $13bn to OpenAI, likened the New York media organisation to Hollywood studios that sought to stop the introduction of the VCR in the 1980s, and hold back a “groundbreaking new technology”.
The NYT became the first big US media company to sue OpenAI and Microsoft over their AI chatbots in December, accusing the technology companies of unlawfully copying millions of articles to build the program.