Exclusive-Openai to Face India’s Digital News Ambani, Adani in Copyright Battle From Reuters
Aditya Kalra and Arpan Chaturvedi
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani’s digital news outlet, and other outlets such as the Indian Express and the Hindustan Times, have filed a legal challenge against OpenAi’s improper use of copyrighted content, legal papers show.
Media outlets including Adani’s NDTV and Ambani’s Network18 have told a court in New Delhi that they want to join the ongoing lawsuit against CHATGPT Creators, as they worry their websites are being stored and played back by users of the powerful AI tool.
Reuters first reported the filing of the case by publisher Digital News, which escalates into an ongoing legal battle against chatgpt in India. In the most important battle, local news agency Ani first filed a lawsuit against Openai last year. Now both global and Indian book publishers have joined.
The 135-page filing in a New Delhi court, which is not public but was reviewed by Reuters, claims OpenAi’s conduct is a “clear and present danger to the valuable copyrights” of members of the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) and other outlets. .
It refers to OpenAi’s “intentional scraping … and customization of content.”
Courts around the world are hearing claims from authors, news outlets and musicians who accuse tech companies of using their copyrights to train AI services and who want content used to train chatbots taken down.
The submission was made by Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Adani’s NDTV and DNPA, which represents roughly 20 companies, including Mukesh Ambani Network18 and players like Dainik Bhaskar. Many of these outlets also have a boom in newspapers and television news.
The Times of India is not participating in the legal challenge even though it is a member of the DNPA.
OpenAi did not respond to a request for comment on the new allegations. He has repeatedly denied such allegations, saying that his AI systems use publicly available data fairly.
None of the Indian media companies immediately responded to Reuters’ request for comment.
