Mashable, PCMag owner sues OpenAI, alleging stolen content

Ziff Davis, the owner of tech publications Mashable and PCMag, is suing OpenAI, alleging it stole its content, reports Benjamin Mullin of The New York Times.

Mullin reports, “Ziff Davis is one of the largest publishers in the United States, with more than 45 sites globally that together attract an average of 292 million visitors per month, and is among the biggest media companies pressing a claim against OpenAI.

“(The New York Times has sued OpenAI and its partner, Microsoft, claiming copyright infringement of news content related to A.I. systems. The two companies have denied the suit’s claims.)

“In a 62-page complaint filed in federal court in Delaware, where OpenAI is incorporated, Ziff Davis says the tech company has ‘intentionally and relentlessly reproduced exact copies and created derivatives of Ziff Davis works,’ infringing on the publisher’s copyrights and diluting its trademarks. It claims that OpenAI used Ziff Davis content to train its artificial intelligence models and generate responses through its popular ChatGPT chatbot.”