Sam Altman Challenges The New York Times Over Privacy and AI Lawsuit

Sam Altman Challenges The New York Times Over Privacy and AI Lawsuit

Sam Altman and the OpenAI Privacy Controversy Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, made headlines once again—this time by directly confronting The New York Times over its lawsuit during a live recording of the Hard Fork podcast. Speaking candidly alongside OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap, Altman took issue with the publisher’s legal demand that OpenAI retain private user data from ChatGPT, even when users choose to engage in private mode. This bold exchange unfolded in front of a packed audience in San Francisco and immediately set a combative tone for the night. The focus keyword OpenAI privacy controversy was on full display as Altman accused the Times of disregarding user privacy rights while attempting to protect its own content from being used to train large language models. Image Credits:Eugene Gologursky / Getty Images for the New York Times The lawsuit in question centers around claims that OpenAI, backed heavily by Microsoft, used articles from The New York Times without permission to train its …