OpenAI was just sued again for copyright infringement. This time, wikiHow, the website for “how to” instructions, sued OpenAI.
Claims: (1) Copyright infringement in inputs; (2) copyright infringement in response to user queries; (3) Vicarious infringement; (4) Removal of CMI, DMCA 1202(b)(1).
By my unofficial count, this is copyright suit No. 24 against OpenAI. Visit the Case Tracker for the list of cases. OpenAI is the clear leader in facing the most copyright suits in the United States, even doubling the number of copyright suits against Anthropic.
I’ve written about this topic before. OpenAI faces a disproportionate number of lawsuits compared to other AI companies that are alleged to have engaged in the same kind of AI training using some of the same datasets. Other than being the first to popularize chatbots with ChatGPT starting at the end of November 2022 and the leader in AI in terms of both users and models in the beginning, it is unclear why OpenAI faces the most copyright lawsuits by a significant amount.
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