Ziff Davis, owner of IGN and CNET, files lawsuit against OpenAI for allegedly using copyrighted material from its publications in AI training, demanding cessation and removal of the infringing datasets despite existing web crawler restrictions.

Ziff Davis, owner of CNET, IGN, and more, is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, alleging it copied extensive content from its outlets without consent. Despite web crawler restrictions, OpenAI purportedly used this content for AI training. Ziff Davis seeks a halt and destruction of affected datasets.

Source: theverge.com