New York Times Suggests OpenAI Took the “Delete History” Option a Bit Too Seriously!
“New York Times Says OpenAI Erased Potential Lawsuit Evidence”
“The New York Times, in publishing a story on an unpublished AI paper, may have accidentally destroyed evidence useful in a lawsuit, according to lawyers working on the case.” Now, isn’t it dizzyingly ironic when the doler-out of truth and justice, ends up tripping over their own shoelaces?
OpenAI developed a nifty algorithm (c’mon, you got to love AI innovations), trained to whip up nifty content. “The generative model”, as they prefer to call it, was all set to embark on its copyright infringement roller-coaster ride, but somebody played spoilsport. As daredevil as the move was, the NYT decided to disclose this unpublished paper’s scoop, correction, intellectual property in an article. Hold on to your horses, it gets more intriguing!
You see, disclosing the unpublished work acts as an issue of potential evidence in a copyright lawsuit. And in this chaotic world where copyrights have turned into the Holy Grail, the battleground is gradually shifting from traditional courtrooms to algorithms and AI. Evidently, the future of litigation might as well be robot lawyers arguing in binary, if things continue in this vein.
Don’t get me wrong, the geniuses at OpenAI had their ducks in a row. They meticulously examined the potential copyright issues. It was the mighty New York Times that seems to have stirred this hornet’s nest, allegedly by revealing too much. Talk about a plot twist!
But whatever happened to confidentiality agreements and embargoed news? After all, we are all familiar with the concept of Intellectual Property Rights, aren’t we? Well, at least we believe so until the mines of Moria, also known as the internet, opens up Pandora’s box of copyrights and AI.
To cut a long story short, the situation looks a lot like a serendipitous blunder which, for some, may resemble justice, while others may brand it as a how-to-not guide on handling sensitive unpublished details. Alas, the question remains: Can an AI be held accountable for copyright violations? While we ruminate on these complex issues, let’s not lose our sense of humor in the face of such ironies. Right, NYT?