Delhi HC orders Openai to respond in Ani demand

The Superior Court of Delhi has sought an OpenAI response in a request presented by India India Music Industry (IMI) to intervene in a copyright demand initiated by the Asian News International news agency (ANI).

Ani’s demand alleges Openai illegally used its copyright content to train and operate chatgpt. Last week, IMI, together with the T-Series and Saregama India music series, transferred to the Court seeking to join the case of the news agency against the AI ​​company.

During a hearing, Judge Amit Bansal task“We cannot continue expanding the scope of the demand; it can file its own demand. Hundreds of industries can be affected by it.”

The main lawyer Chander Lall, which represents IMI, argued that the organization was directly affected by the case. “We will not go one step beyond reach. We will come at the end, we will only complement what remains. Allow ourselves to present arguments about the law,” he said.

In response, Operai said the matter is already scheduled for an audience on Friday, February 21. The firm of the backed by Microsoft has previously maintained that the Indian courts lack jurisdiction on the case, since OpenAi has no presence in the country.

The news agency filed the demand for the first time in 2023, accuser OpenAI of the unauthorized use of its news content with copyright in Chatgpt training data. The news agency seeks ₹ 20 million in damages and a provisional court order to prevent Operai from struggling, publish, reproduce or use your copyright materials.

During a hearing in November, Openai assured the court that he would refrain from using the Ani content. However, he argued that his published works were still stored in the chatgpt system and should be eliminated. Operai has repeatedly denied the accusations, maintaining that its AI models use publicly available data.

This demand marks ANI as the first media organization in India to do legal actions against OpenAI. A similar case was filed worldwide for The New York Times In December 2023, which makes it the first media to initiate a demand for the author of AI. The Times has affirmed that Openai’s models damage their business and undermine their investment in journalism.