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NYT lawsuit success depends on LLM news usage and content sourcing

The success of The New York Times' lawsuit hinges on several factors, including whether users seek news-like information from LLMs and if this information is directly sourced from NYT content without RAG. Paywalls could increase the likelihood of success, provided a significant volume of NYT content is accessed through AI models. Ultimately, only OpenAI's logs will reveal the extent of this usage. AI

IMPACT The outcome of this lawsuit could influence how AI models access and utilize news content, potentially impacting the development and deployment of news-aggregation features.

RANK_REASON The item discusses the conditions for the success of a lawsuit, which falls under commentary on policy and legal matters.

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NYT lawsuit success depends on LLM news usage and content sourcing

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

    whether the NYT lawsuit will succeed however is another matter these things would have to happen: - people need to look up news-like info on LLMs - this info mu

    whether the NYT lawsuit will succeed however is another matter these things would have to happen: - people need to look up news-like info on LLMs - this info must not be served through the use of RAG (chatbot searching for and downloading an article) - paywalls make it more likel…