The Center for Investigative Reporting's lawsuit follows similar claims by the New York Times and other newspapers.
OpenAI and its main sponsor Microsoft are being sued by another news organization in the United States for alleged copyright infringement.
The Center for Investigative Journalism (CIR), which publishes Mother Jones and Reveal, said on Thursday that it had filed the lawsuit accusing the tech companies of using its content without permission in a “rebuke of artificial intelligence and its exploitative practices.”
“OpenAI and Microsoft began collecting our stories to make their product more powerful, but they never asked permission or offered compensation, unlike other organizations that license our material,” Monika Bauerlein, executive director of the Center for Investigative Journalism, said in a statement.
“This opportunistic behavior is not only unfair, but also violates copyright. The work of journalists, at CIR and everywhere, is valuable, and OpenAI and Microsoft know it.”
OpenAI and Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York, seeks damages and an injunction requiring OpenAI and Microsoft to remove copyrighted material from their training data sets.
OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot relies on large amounts of information scraped from the Internet, including news sites, to answer user queries.
The latest lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York, follows similar lawsuits filed against the companies by media outlets including The New York Times, The Intercept, New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune and the Denver Post.
Well-known authors, including Jonathan Franzen, John Grisham, and George RR Martin, have also sued OpenAI for allegedly using their work without permission or compensation.
While the arrival of ChatGPT has sparked a backlash in the news industry, some outlets, such as The Financial Times, News Corp, Politico and Le Monde, have signed agreements with OpenAI to share content and collaborate on the development of artificial intelligence. (AI).
On Thursday, TIME became the latest news organization to partner with the creator of ChatGPT, announcing a multi-year deal to provide access to its century-long archives.
“Throughout our 101-year history, TIME has embraced innovation to ensure the delivery of our trusted journalism evolves alongside technology,” TIME CEO Mark Howard said in a statement.
“This partnership with OpenAI advances our mission to expand access to trusted information globally as we continue to embrace innovative new ways to bring TIME's journalism to audiences around the world.”
