OpenAI Accuses New York Times of Paying Someone to Hack and Manipulate ChatGPT [Video]

AI Giant OpenAI has accused the New York Times of paying someone to manipulate ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence tool, to reproduce large portions of the newspaper’s articles. This accusation came in response to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the Times, which OpenAI denies. The company claimed that a third-party hired by the Times exploited a “bug” in ChatGPT, which OpenAI says they are committed to fixing.

OpenAI emphasized that ChatGPT is not intended to replace a subscription to the New York Times and cannot be used to access Times articles freely. They argued that using deceptive prompts to generate Times articles violates ChatGPT’s terms of use.

The document stated that it took the Times “tens of thousands of attempts” to generate copyrighted articles, but did not provide details about the individual hired by the Times.

The New York Times disputed OpenAI’s claims, stating that they were merely using OpenAI’s products to investigate potential …