Publishers argue AI firms should pay for content as copyright case advances

Publishers including The New York Times and Ziff Davis filed court arguments against OpenAI, insisting that using their content to train ChatGPT is not fair use. Ziff Davis head Vivek Shah proposed licensing payments of around $20B per year, which he said is a 'rounding error' for AI companies.

• Publishers seek licensing payments of about $20B per year from AI firms
• OpenAI claims training on public data is fair use
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