Someone Will Win the AI Wars, It Just Won’t Be You
The New York Times Company’s lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI is just one battle in a larger conflict–if potentially a pivotal one. Thanks in part to America’s “adversarial” approach to legal disputes, however, for most of us the outcome could scarcely matter less. Copyright advocates are assembling cognizable arguments for why rich, powerful media companies like the Times deserve to profit from the technological innovations of others. Tech companies are employing armies of lawyers to…