OpenAI: GenAI tools can't be made without copyrighted materials.

OpenAI, a leading AI research organization, has argued that the development of advanced generative AI tools is not possible without the use of copyrighted content for training. In a report to the UK's House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee, OpenAI stated that training large language models like GPT-4 would be impossible without copyrighted materials. However, this assertion has sparked a legal debate over intellectual property rights and the use of copyrighted content without credit or compensation. OpenAI is currently facing multiple lawsuits, including one from The New York Times, alleging illegal use of copyrighted content in the creation of their tools. [Extracted from the article]