The End of GPT-4? New York Times and OpenAI Lawsuit

1. New York Times is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement.

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The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, seeking massive sums of money and requesting the deletion of GPT-4 and any models trained on New York Times data.

• The lawsuit also targets companies connected to OpenAI, such as Microsoft.
• Previous lawsuits against AI models have not been successful.

2. Copyright infringement lawsuits against AI models have been unsuccessful in the past.

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Previous cases involving AI models and copyright infringement have been dismissed by the US justice system.

• The courts have rejected claims that AI models cannot be trained on copyrighted data.
• Copying someone's artwork or learning from their technique is not illegal, but reproducing and selling it without permission is.

3. The New York Times claims that OpenAI's models compete with their ability to provide news.

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The New York Times alleges that OpenAI's models, including GPT-4, were built by copying and using millions of copyrighted news articles from the Times.

• The lawsuit also mentions the use of Microsoft Bing search index to generate responses that contain verbatim excerpts and detailed summaries of Times articles.
• The Times argues that this damages their relationship with readers and costs them money.

4. The lawsuit raises questions about the capabilities of GPT-4.

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The New York Times provides examples where GPT-4 reproduces articles in question, raising concerns about whether the model has copies of copyrighted material.

• The examples show GPT-4 providing verbatim excerpts and even full articles upon request.
• The Times questions whether GPT-4 has the ability to browse the internet and access articles without permission.

5. The ending line of The Iliad provides a summary.

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The ending line of The Iliad is a summary of the entire epic, even though it wasn't explicitly asked for.

• The quote from Oppenheimer about becoming death is an introduction to the summary.
• This format of answering questions is commonly used by GPT-4.

6. The format of answering questions with summaries is common.

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GPT-4 often answers questions by providing a summary of the information.

• The complaint filed with the courts is presented as a summary in the paper.
• The information provided by the user is read back as a summary by GPT-4.

7. The case regarding GPT-4 and The New York Times is uncertain.

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The outcome of the case is unknown, but it is being closely monitored.

• The case will determine if there were any edits made to the information provided to GPT-4.
• Until further information is available, it is assumed that it is business as usual.