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Microsoft claims Copilot rarely reproduces copyrighted content in legal filings

Microsoft has stated in legal filings that its Copilot AI chatbot rarely reproduces substantial portions of copyrighted material, such as news articles from The New York Times or content from books. The company presented data showing that out of millions of chat logs analyzed, a very small fraction contained significant overlap with copyrighted works, arguing this supports its fair use defense in ongoing lawsuits. These lawsuits, brought by publishers and authors against Microsoft and OpenAI, allege that the AI products were built using their works and now directly compete with them. AI

IMPACT This legal defense could set precedents for fair use in AI training data, impacting how AI models can be developed and deployed.

RANK_REASON Legal filings from a company about its product's behavior in response to lawsuits.

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Microsoft claims Copilot rarely reproduces copyrighted content in legal filings

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. The Verge — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Lauren Feiner ·

    Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot

    Microsoft's Copilot rarely reproduces even full sentences from news articles and books, let alone substantive chunks that could substitute for the original, the company says in new legal filings as it fights copyright claims from publishers including The New York Times and book a…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot https://www.theverge.com/policy/990267/microsoft-openai-new-york-times-authors-law

    Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot https://www.theverge.com/policy/990267/microsoft-openai-new-york-times-authors-lawsuit # Tech # AI # News