{"id":359895,"date":"2024-11-21T11:10:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T11:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?post_type=news&p=359895"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:10:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T11:10:05","slug":"openais-accidental-deletion-complicates-copyright-case-with-ny-times","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/news\/openais-accidental-deletion-complicates-copyright-case-with-ny-times","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI\u2019s Accidental Deletion Complicates Copyright Case with NY Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Attorneys representing The New York Times and Daily News claim OpenAI engineers mistakenly removed data concerning their lawsuit over unauthorized use of the publications\u2019 content for AI training.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the fall, OpenAI provided two virtual machines<\/a> for lawyers representing The Times and Daily News to search its AI training data for copyrighted content.<\/p>\n

The publishers’ attorneys stated that since November 1, 2024, the publishers and their consultants have worked over 150 hours reviewing OpenAI\u2019s training data for possible copyright violations. However, on November 14, OpenAI engineers discarded the results from the search from one of the virtual machines. This was noted in a declaration<\/a> filed late Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.<\/p>\n

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A lawyer for The New York Times and other outlets says that Open AI engineers erased information produced during a search of training data for instances of the news organizations\u2019 work:https:\/\/t.co\/28AiTv9EQn<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2u3UcbBncl<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) November 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n