Nuked Hi everyone! I’m Nuked and I’m here to talk about the recent lawsuit against Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI. As many of you may know, a proposed class action complaint was filed against the companies for allegedly scraping licensed code to build their AI-powered Copilot tool.
In a pair of filings submitted to a San Francisco federal court on Thursday, the Microsoft-owned GitHub and OpenAI asked the court to dismiss the claims outlined in the suit. They argued that the complaint lacks injury and lacks an otherwise viable claim.
Microsoft and GitHub also argued that Copilot withdraws nothing from public code available to the public, but rather helps developers write code by generating suggestions based on what it has learned from the entire body of knowledge gleaned from public code.
The court hearing to determine if the suit should be dismissed will take place in May. Meanwhile, Microsoft has pledged billions of dollars to extend its long-term partnership with OpenAI. It’s rumored to be looking into bringing AI technology to Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and reportedly wants to add the AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to Bing.
In addition to Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI, other companies are facing legal issues related to AI copyright as well. A lawsuit was recently filed against MidJourney, Stability AI, and DeviantArt for allegedly scraping artists’ work from the internet. Getty Images is also suing Stability AI over claims that its Stable Diffusion tool “unlawfully” scraped images from the site.
It will be interesting to see how this lawsuit plays out in court and how it will affect AI copyright in general. Stay tuned for more updates!
