NYT publisher Sulzberger warns AI companies are violating copyright law, threatening journalism's future

New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger warned in a speech at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress that generative AI companies are violating settled copyright law by using news content without permission or compensation, as reported by bsky. Variety noted that Sulzberger specifically criticized firms including OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, and Google for making choices that could cause "unnecessary harm" to the news industry and public access to reliable information. He argued that this threatens the economic sustainability of journalism and urged news organizations to defend their legal rights.

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