OpenAI in content licensing talks with CNN, Fox and Time
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OpenAI gets copyrights for ChatGPT training to avoid lawsuits.
(Reuters) - ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in discussions with media firms CNN, Fox and Time to license their work, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The artificial intelligence startup is looking to license articles from Warner Bros. Discovery Inc's, CNN to train ChatGPT and also feature CNN's content in its products, the report said.
Related: More writers sue OpenAI for copyright infringement over AI training
This comes as OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft are facing multiple lawsuits accusing them of using copyrighted works to train artificial-intelligence (AI) products.
Read more: NY Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for infringing copyrighted works
The latest case has been filed in the Manhattan federal court by a pair of nonfiction authors, Nicholas Basbanes and Nicholas Gage, who say the companies misused their work to train the AI models.
Also read: Microsoft, OpenAI get sued by authors over unethical ChatGPT training
The New York Times, late last month, sued the companies accusing them of using millions of the newspaper's articles without permission to help train chatbots to provide information to readers.
OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
