AI Giants OpenAI and Anthropic Consider Investor Funds for Copyright Settlements
OpenAI and Anthropic, two leading artificial intelligence startups backed by Microsoft and Amazon respectively, are evaluating the use of investor capital to settle mounting copyright lawsuits. The Financial Times reports that insurers are reluctant to cover the multibillion-dollar risks associated with training data disputes, leaving the firms exposed.
The legal challenges stem from allegations of unauthorized content use in AI training datasets. OpenAI faces a high-profile lawsuit from The New York Times, which claims ChatGPT responses incorporate millions of copyrighted articles without permission. A recent U.S. district court ruling has compounded the pressure on AI developers to address intellectual property concerns.