OpenAI Invokes Academics to Justify Scraping Your Work

The claim: OpenAI says that fair use is essential for AI training and innovation, citing excerpts from court briefs submitted by creators, academics, accessibility advocates, and legal experts.

The reality: This is a public relations campaign designed to pressure judges before a copyright trial over GPT-4 ingestion costs, while indie authors and newsrooms still receive zero compensation for their scraped archives.

Why should I care? You shouldn't
It is a legal PR brief dressed up as industry news; read the actual court filings instead.

Read the original: Fair use benefits everyone