‘Free-riding on our work’: Dictionary sues OpenAI for using copyrighted materials to train ChatGPT

Merriam-Webster filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, merriam-Webster and its parent company filed a lawsuit against OpenAI.

Plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied more than 100,000 articles, encyclopedia entries, and dictionary entries plaintiffs say material copied came from online dictionary and encyclopedia sources.

Alleged OpenAI violated copyright by large-scale copying of protected material the complaint lists three asserted types of copyright violations.

Alleged OpenAI violated copyright by using copied content to train its AI the complaint lists three asserted types of copyright violations.

Alleged OpenAI violated copyright by generating outputs that resemble the original content the complaint lists three asserted types of copyright violations.