Boom In AI Prompts A Test Of Copyright Law

The use of content from news and information providers to train artificial intelligence systems may force a reassessment of where to draw legal lines.

2023: The Year We Played With AI — And Weren’t Sure What To Do About It

Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people’s science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. Catalyzing a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The chatbot gave the world a glimpse of recent advances in computer science even if not everyone figured out quite how it works or what to do with it. (Image: Matt Rourke/AP)

ChatGPT Creator OpenAI To Pay Politico Parent For Using Its Content

News-publishing giant Axel Springer has inked a multiyear licensing deal with ChatGPT creator OpenAI, a significant milestone as media companies push for compensation for the use of their content in artificial-intelligence tools. Under the agreement, OpenAI will pay to use content from Axel Springer publications, which include Politico and Business Insider in the U.S. and European properties Bild and Welt, to populate answers in ChatGPT and train its AI tools.

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Sam Altman Is Back As OpenAI CEO Just Days After Being Removed

San Francisco-based OpenAI said in a statement late Tuesday: “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board.” The board, which replaces the one that fired Altman on Friday, will be led by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, who also chaired Twitter’s board before its takeover by Elon Musk last year. The other members will be former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo.

Microsoft Hires OpenAI Founders To Lead AI Research Team After ChatGPT Maker’s Shakeup

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella tweeted that the U.S. tech giant is committed to its partnership with OpenAI, whose chatbot kicked off the generative AI craze by producing human-like text, images, video and music. On Monday, Microsoft said it has hired Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to lead a new advanced AI research team.

Open AI Pushes Out Co-Founder/CEO Sam Altman

“The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI,” the company, which makes ChatGPT, said in a statement.

News Group Says AI Chatbots Heavily Rely On News Content

The News Media Alliance, a trade group that represents newspapers, says that AI chatbots use news articles significantly more than generic content online.

ChatGPT Can Now Generate Images, Too

OpenAI released a new version of its DALL-E image generator to a small group of testers and incorporated the technology into its popular ChatGPT chatbot.

Major Media Companies Are Quietly Blocking ChatGPT

While a shot has yet to be fired, some of the nation’s largest newsrooms are actively taking defensive measures to safeguard their content from ChatGPT, the groundbreaking artificial intelligence chatbot that is seen as a potential aggressor to an already struggling news industry.

Research: ChatGPT Leans Liberal

New York Times Considers Legal Action Against OpenAI As Copyright Tensions Swirl

For weeks, The Times and the maker of ChatGPT have been locked in tense negotiations over reaching a licensing deal in which OpenAI would pay The Times for incorporating its stories in the tech company’s AI tools, but the discussions have become so contentious that the paper is now considering legal action.

ChatGPT Analysis Sheds New Light Into People’s Behavior, Intent

FTC Opens Investigation Into ChatGPT Maker Over Technology’s Potential Harms

The agency sent OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, a letter this week over consumer harms and the company’s security practices.

NAB Show: ENCO Moves Deeper Into AI Universe With ChatGPT Toolsets

ENCO, a global provider of radio and TV software solutions, has added to pure AI product development with the introduction of two ChatGPT-inspired solutions for NAB Show (April 16-19 at […]

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Chatbots’ Downside For Media Is Already Clear

ChatGPT may be grabbing attention and lots of experimental early use, but the technology’s limitations are already widely evident. Media ought to take stock of the caveats, especially as chatbots are destined to play a larger role in the business.

Microsoft Bakes ChatGPT-Like Tech Into Search Engine Bing

Along with adding it to Bing, Microsoft is also integrating the chatbot technology into its Edge browser. Microsoft announced the new technology at an event Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash. The revamping of Microsoft’s second-place search engine could give the software giant a head start against other tech companies in capitalizing on the worldwide excitement surrounding ChatGPT, a tool that’s awakened millions of people to the possibilities of the latest AI technology.