OpenAI demands sources for article in New York Times AI lawsuit twist

The New York Times (NYT) is currently embroiled in a lawsuit against OpenAI, which took an unexpected turn on July 1. OpenAI has now requested that the court order the esteemed publisher to prove the originality of its articles by providing detailed source materials for each copyrighted work.
The NYT claims that OpenAI used its articles to train AI models without permission or compensation. OpenAI, however, argues that its use of materials scraped from the internet is fair.
On July 1, OpenAI’s lawyers filed a request with a U.S. court in New York, asking the overseeing judge to order The New York Times to provide discovery that proves the copyrighted works are original. It seems that OpenAI is referring to almost every article published by the NYT that could have been found online.
OpenAI is also asking the judge to order the NYT to provide comprehensive details about the authorship process for each article.
The New York Times responded to OpenAI’s request on July 3, opposing it and asking the judge to dismiss it. According to the NYT’s legal team, the creation process of copyrighted material is irrelevant to how it was used in this case.
As of July 4, when this article was published, no further documents had been released to the public. It remains to be seen how the judge will respond to these conflicting motions.
In the midst of this legal battle, OpenAI has also signed a deal with Time, while facing an additional lawsuit from a news nonprofit.