India’s business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are leading the legal war against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for allegedly violating copyright laws by using content from Indian news websites without due consent.
Ambani’s Network18, and Adani’s NDTV are leading the lawsuit along with other members of the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA). They claim that OpenAI has “deliberately extracted and repurposed copyrighted content” for its generative AI tools, including ChatGPT, without obtaining the necessary licensing agreements.
The publishers argue that this practice jeopardizes their financial stability by redirecting advertising revenue and profiting from the work of content creators. They contend that it threatens India’s media landscape and the future of traditional journalism in a country with over 1.4 billion people.
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Meanwhile, in the US, several major news outlets, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, and Orange County Register, have filed lawsuits against OpenAI for copyright violations.
