非营利组织CIR（Center for Investigative Reporting），其旗下拥有《Mother Jones》和《Reveal》两家媒体，于周四宣布起诉微软和OpenAI，指控其侵犯版权。此举与《纽约时报》和其他多家媒体的类似诉讼行动一致。CIR指责微软和OpenAI未经授权使用其内容，并声称此举损害了其与读者和合作伙伴的关系，并导致其收入损失。

📥 **CIR指控微软和OpenAI未经授权使用其内容**：CIR声称OpenAI和微软未经许可使用其内容训练AI模型，并将其内容整合到其产品中，例如ChatGPT。CIR认为，这种行为不仅不公平，而且侵犯了其版权。

📣 **CIR强调了新闻工作的重要性**：CIR认为，新闻工作者所付出的努力是有价值的，而OpenAI和微软的行为贬低了他们的工作价值。CIR希望通过诉讼维护新闻工作者的权益，并确保他们能够从自己的作品中获得应有的回报。

📤 **CIR并非唯一起诉微软和OpenAI的媒体机构**：除了CIR之外，《纽约时报》、Alden Global Capital旗下的八家出版物、The Intercept、Raw Story、AlterNet和《丹佛邮报》等多家媒体机构也对微软和OpenAI提起诉讼，指控其侵犯版权。

📢 **一些媒体机构与OpenAI达成授权协议**：虽然许多媒体机构对微软和OpenAI提起诉讼，但也有部分媒体机构与OpenAI达成了授权协议，例如美联社、Axel Springer、金融时报、Dotdash Meredith、新闻集团、Vox Media（The Verge的母公司）、《大西洋月刊》和《时代》杂志。

📡 **OpenAI对CIR的诉讼作出回应**：OpenAI表示，他们正在与新闻行业合作，并与全球新闻出版商合作，在其产品中展示他们的内容，包括摘要、引文和署名，以将流量引回原始文章。

The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), the nonprofit that produces Mother Jones and Reveal, announced on Thursday that it’s suing Microsoft and OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement, following similar actions by The New York Times and several other media outlets.

“OpenAI and Microsoft started vacuuming up our stories to make their product more powerful, but they never asked for permission or offered compensation, unlike other organizations that license our material,” Monika Bauerlein, CEO of the Center for Investigative Reporting, said in a statement. “This free rider behavior is not only unfair, it is a violation of copyright. The work of journalists, at CIR and everywhere, is valuable, and OpenAI and Microsoft know it.”

CIR’s lawyers argue in the lawsuit that OpenAI and Microsoft copied its content, undermined relationships with readers and partners, and deprived it of revenue.

CIR joins many others in pursuing legal action against OpenAI and Microsoft. The New York Times has already spent $1 million on its lawsuit against the two companies. A group of eight publications owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, is also suing, along with The Intercept, Raw Story, AlterNet, and The Denver Post.

Groups of authors have also sued OpenAI, though the lawsuit brought by a group that includes comedian Sarah Silverman was partially dismissed.

Some media organizations have signed licensing deals with OpenAI, including The Associated Press, Axel Springer, the Financial Times, Dotdash Meredith, News Corp, Vox Media (The Verge’s parent company), The Atlantic, and Time.

“We are working collaboratively with the news industry and partnering with global news publishers to display their content in our products like ChatGPT, including summaries, quotes, and attribution, to drive traffic back to the original articles,” an OpenAI spokesperson said to CNBC about CIR’s lawsuit.

OpenAI and Microsoft didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment from The Verge.

Disclosure: Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company, has a technology and content deal with OpenAI.