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New York Times vs OpenAI: what everyone's overlooking 🤫
👀 Implications of AI and copyright, Google’s AI faces $7B lawsuit, Duolingo turns to AI, and more!
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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: The lawsuit between The New York Times and OpenAI is heating up. But, we noticed there were two major things that everyone was glossing over. We’re going all in with the hottest of hot takes. Give it a listen.
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🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: OpenAI claims The New York Times is lying, Google’s AI faces $7B lawsuit, and NVIDIA unveils new AI PC chips. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.
🚀 AI In 5: We’re re-prompting some of the content at question in the New York Times vs. OpenAI/Microsoft. The results are interesting. See it here
🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: Want the quick rundown on the New York Times vs OpenAI lawsuit. We’ve gotchu. Keep reading for that!
↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about GenAI models and copyright, Apple Vision Pro’s release date, and converting any file in ChatGPT. Check it here!
New York Times vs. OpenAI: The huge AI implications no one is talking about 🤔
If you haven't heard, The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement.
OpenAI recently released a statement clapping back at The New York Times.
Sheeeeesh.
Depending on how this all plays out, it could have HUGE impacts in the AI space. And the economy at large.
So what does it all mean and what can we expect for the future implications of AI and copyright material?
Let's dive in.
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Also on the pod today:
• Evidence around GPT-4 copyright 🧑⚖️
• Financial and economic implications 💵
• Breakdown of the entire legal drama 🤔
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1. OpenAI Fires Back at New York Times in Copyright Lawsuit 🤯
OpenAI has responded to The New York Times' copyright lawsuit, dismissing it as "without merit" and claiming the media outlet is not telling the whole story. The company argues that while its ChatGPT AI tool may have reproduced Times stories, it was due to manipulated prompts and not intentional infringement. OpenAI asserts that access to a wide range of data is crucial for AI models to learn and solve new problems.
2. Google’s AI Faces $7B Patent Infringement Lawsuit 💰
Singular Computing, founded by computer scientist Joseph Bates, alleges that Google copied their groundbreaking technology to power AI features in Google Search, Gmail, Google Translate, and more. The lawsuit claims that Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) infringe on two of Singular's patents, which revolutionized AI training and inference.
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Nvidia is stepping up its game with new desktop graphics chips that will revolutionize AI capabilities on personal computers. No more relying on remote services over the internet - these chips will empower gamers, designers, and computer users to tap into the full potential of AI right from their own machines.
4. Duolingo Cuts Contractors, Embraces AI to Create Lessons ✂️
Duolingo, the popular language learning app, has made a significant move by letting go of around 10% of its contractors and relying more on generative AI technology to create lessons. The company's AI model, known as Birdbrain, was introduced in 2020 to adjust exercise difficulty based on user performance, but now the entire process of creating exercises and prompts will be automated with their new LLM.
5. Nvidia Partners with Amgen and Recursion for Drug Development 🤝
Nvidia is making major moves in the world of drug development. Partnering with Amgen's deCode, Nvidia will utilize its supercomputer and BioNeMo generative AI platform to power new genomics foundation models. Recursion is adding its Phenom-Beta program to BioNeMo for wider use. The partnership aims to revolutionize the way drugs are developed.
Shout out to our former guest and CEO of Recursion, Chris Gibson! Definitely go give his episode a listen!
The New York Times vs Open AI prompt, exposed 🤫
The lawsuit from The New York Times vs OpenAI had some pretty big accusations.
But the prompts in the filing were a little suspect…
We’re taking a look at and replicating the prompts The New York Times claims made ChatGPT copyright its materials.
And we’re sharing the receipts that the New York Times didn’t.
Check out today's AI in 5.
🦾How You Can Leverage:
In case you’ve been sleeping under an AI-powered rock, the New York Times vs. OpenAI/Microsoft saga has been rocking the internets.
Yeah, they wanna sue OpenAI for billions in damages for copyright infringement and legit want GPT destroyed.
(That’s what they actually requested. Lolz)
But like we talked about on today’s show, there’s some huge implications no one is talking about between the headlines.
Here’s the tl;dr version of what’s going on:
1. The NYT sued OpenAI on Dec. 27 for copyright infringement, saying they used millions of NYT articles without permission, seeking billions in damages and destruction of GPT models.
2. OpenAI finally responded yesterday, saying the NYT’s suit was without merit, and that the Times intentionally manipulated ChatGPT to get the results they submitted in their 69-page filing. Also, OpenAI argues training on copyrighted materials is fair use.
Caught up?
Fantastic.
We say this every once in a while, but today’s show isn’t one you should just recap in this newsletter.
It’s worth a watch and/or listen.
The livestream audience wanted #HotTakeTuesday to be extra spicy, and I think we delivered.
Aight, y’all. Let’s break down what this lawsuit actually means, what may actually happen, and the ‘WTF how did they miss this’ moments we covered.
(Again, best you go watch/listen in full.)
We’re going FAQ style on this one.
Ya know, to spice things up. 🔥
What will actually happen?️
No one knows. The general consensus is this will get settled and won’t actually go to trial.
Why is the NYT suing?
They’re alleging OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of pieces of its copyrighted works inside of ChatGPT without attribution.
How did OpenAI respond to the lawsuit?
OpenAI clapped back pretty hard, saying the lawsuit was without merit and accusing The New York Times of intentionally manipulating ChatGPT to get the results they submitted in their filing.
They also argue that training on copyrighted material is fair use. Sheesh.
How long will this take to play out?
If it’s settled, probably not very long. But, if the case makes its way to a trial, it could take months or years to play out.
So what happens in the meantime?
If the case DOES go to court, our expectation is GenAI development will slow down as big GenAI unicorns and LLM companies shore up their legal loopholes and improve citations.
What are the big implications no one’s talking about?
Implication 1 — The New York Times and their legal team seemingly dropped the ball in its 69-page filing, which you can read here.
How did the NYT drop the ball?
By submitting screenshots of prompts and side-by-side comparisons of GPT outputs vs. the NYT copyrighted works where it was allegedly copied from.
They should have cited the sources for both parts and included shared links to the ChatGPT chats in question.
Submitting only screenshots for an LLM model output would be like a 3rd grader telling their teacher, ‘My homework is done, I swear. But I’m not going to give it to you.’
So you can get an LLM to respond any way you want?
Yes.
So why didn’t the NYT include chat links?
We LITERALLY have no clue.
We thought the ‘Exhibit J’ would be the smoking gun. It wasn’t. We found the doc, as it wasn’t readily available ANYWHERE. You can go read it here.
So, does ChatGPT repeat verbatim copyrighted works?
Yes. At times it does.
We did a quick AI in 5 video using the exact same prompts the NYT used, except we’re giving you the chat links as well.
It’s all about CITING/SOURCING your work y’all!
What’s the other big implication?
In the unlikely chance NYT wins this case AND their request to destroy GPT is granted, it could be potentially devastating to the U.S. economy.
Wait, they actually want GPT destroyed?
Uhhhh yeah. You can read the whole filing, or just check this screenshot.
Why would the economy be impacted?
The Magnificent 7 legit powered the U.S. economy in 2023. The Mag7 are all of the AI-powered megacap companies: Apple, Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, Amazon, Meta (FB/IG), Tesla and NVIDIA.
The S&P 500 rallied over 24% in 2023, mainly driven by the Mag7. Morningstar analysts showed the Magnificent 7 accounted for 70% of the S&P’s gains in 2023.
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