Delhi HC lacks jurisdiction to hear copyright suit: OpenAI
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 24.01.2025
New Delhi : Days before a court hearing, artificial intelligence company OpenAI, which created ChatGPT, raised objections to the jurisdiction of Delhi HC to hear a copyright violation suit against the tech giant. In a submission, the Microsoftbacked company argued that Delhi HC lacks jurisdiction as OpenAI has no presence in the country, being situated primarily in the US. The company was responding to a suit filed by news agency ANI demanding that all of its data be removed from ChatGPT’s training modules. OpenAI contended that complying with ANI’s demand to remove its data would violate its legal obligations in the US. It is under a legal obligation, under the laws of the US, to preserve and not delete the said training data, as per a report. The company pointed out that it doesn’t have any permanent establishment in India and that its servers are outside the country.
Last year, the news agency filed the suit against the tech firm, alleging it used ANI’s content without permission to train ChatGPT. In a hearing in Nov, OpenAI assured the HC it would not use ANI’s content anymore, but the news agency contended its published works were stored in ChatGPT’s servers and must also be deleted. It said the firm uses ANI’s published content for training its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, and further accused OpenAI of attributing fabricated news stories to the publication. ANI alleged that OpenAI “refused to obtain a lawful license or permission” to use its original works while it has entered into licensing agreements with news firms like The Financial Times and Associated Press for the use of their copyrighted content. During the hearing, HC had sought a detailed response from OpenAI to allegations that firm halt its use of ANI content in future AI model training. The court is scheduled to hear the matter on Jan 28
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