Legal Battle Brewing: OpenAI Faces Lawsuit from New York Times over AI Copyright Infringement

OpenAI has launched a content moderation API using its latest large language model, GPT-4, which aims to assist platforms in scanning for and writing rules on identifying harmful content. However, critics remain skeptical about the effectiveness of such tools, citing concerns about biases and the inability of AI to solve complex ethical dilemmas. In related news, the New York Times is reportedly considering filing a plagiarism lawsuit against OpenAI for allegedly training its ChatGPT with the newspaper's data without permission. The Times has also banned AI vendors from using its content archives, while the Associated Press has issued guidelines banning the use of chatbots to generate publishable content. Additionally, a recent AI hackathon at DEF CON aimed to uncover vulnerabilities in large language models, with the participation of notable vendors and support from the White House.