3 Count: AI Hacker

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1: OpenAI Says New York Times ‘Hacked’ ChatGPT to Build Copyright Lawsuit

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that OpenAI has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the New York Times over allegations that the AI system committed copyright infringement by using Times’ articles to train their ChatGPT AI system.

In their complaint, the Times cited instances where OpenAI’s chatbots gave users near-verbatim versions of Times articles. However, OpenAI alleged that what the Times did to produce those results was akin to hacking, saying that it took thousands of tries to get an “anomalous” result.

OpenAI stopped short of accusing the Times of breaking any anti-hacking laws. The Times has responded to the allegations saying that their alleged hacking was nothing more than them simply looking for evidence of Times’ content in the OpenAI database.

2: Amazon Studios Hit With ‘Road House’ Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Involving AI Abuse Claims

Next up today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that author R. Lance Hill has filed a lawsuit against MGM Studios and its parent company, Amazon, over alleged copyright infringement in the recent Road House remake.

Hill wrote the original 1986 screenplay that the first (1989) film was based upon. He says he used copyright termination to reclaim the rights to his work and that MGM failed to license the script. In addition to copyright infringement of his work, Hill also alleges that MGM used artificial intelligence to finish the film, which was endangered by the actor strike.

MGM, for their part, had previously rejected Hill’s termination, claiming that the script was a work made for hire and was ineligible for copyright termination. Hill is seeking an order finding that he holds the rights to the work and an injunction barring the release of the new film. He is also seeking unspecified damages and attorneys’ fees.

3: Nintendo Sues Switch Emulator Yuzu for ‘Facilitating Piracy at a Colossal Scale’

Finally today, Sean Hollister at The Verge reports that Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against the makers of the Yuzu emulator, saying that it circumvents copyright protection systems to enable the play of Switch games on other platforms.

According to the lawsuit, Yuzu is “facilitating piracy at a colossal scale” and encouraging users to download pirate access keys to play games on unlicensed platforms. They further allege that the system is “primarily designed” to give people unauthorized access to Switch games, something they say is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Yuzu has not responded to the lawsuit, which was filed in Rhode Island. Nintendo is seeking a permanent injunction, the transfer of relevant domains as well as monetary damages.

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