Elon Musk vs. OpenAI: Canadian media lawsuit joins in!

Elon Musk vs. OpenAI: Canadian media lawsuit joins in!

Elon Musk, the co-founder of OpenAI, has once again taken legal action against the company he co-founded in 2015 and left three years later. According to the report by vienna.at Musk filed a lawsuit addressing OpenAI's conversion from a nonprofit organization to a for-profit company. Musk argues that OpenAI was originally founded as a non-profit organization and now operates under the control of Microsoft. This comes after Musk has previously warned about the dangers of artificial intelligence and heavily criticized the partnership between Apple and OpenAI.

Lawsuit against OpenAI for copyright infringement

A broad coalition of major Canadian news organizations also filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, as heise.de reported. The lawsuit, filed in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice, includes major publishers and broadcasters, including the Toronto Star and the CBC. They accuse OpenAI of using copyrighted content without permission to train the ChatGPT system. The media organizations are demanding damages and the return of all profits that OpenAI made through the unauthorized use of their content.

The plaintiffs argue that any use of their content must be on fair terms and criticize OpenAI for repeated copyright violations. They are entitled to large damages—up to $20,000 per item, which could push the lawsuit into the billions of dollars. Other companies have already taken legal action against OpenAI, with the discussion about the legal handling of copyrighted content by artificial intelligence continuing to advance.