Some readers may recall that at the end of last year, the New York Times very publicly sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, in connection with the defendants’ alleged use of the newspaper’s content for purposes of training chatbots and other AI tools. Although this kind of lawsuit is pretty far outside the blog’s usual bailiwick, the litigation is still of interest as the landscape of AI-related litigation continues to develop. Now it appears that other media organizations are joining the bandwagon, as two different groups have now filed lawsuits against OpenAI, and, in one case, also against Microsoft. These latest cases are described in an interesting March 5, 2024 post on the SDNY Blog (here).Continue Reading More AI-Related IP Lawsuits Filed Against OpenAI and Microsoft