As AI large models surge forward, the "sutra of copyright" is becoming tighter and tighter.

According to the latest report, one of the most authoritative reference publishers in the world, Encyclopedia Britannica, and its subsidiary Merriam-Webster, have formally filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The complaint alleges that OpenAI, backed by Microsoft's substantial investment, has improperly used its online articles, encyclopedia entries, and dictionary entries to train its flagship robot ChatGPT. The Encyclopedia Britannica side believes that ChatGPT, which generates summaries using their professional content, is seriously "devouring" traffic that originally belonged to the official website of the encyclopedia.

This is not the first time OpenAI has been involved in a copyright dispute, but the fact that the "knowledge landmark" of human civilization, Encyclopedia Britannica, has taken the initiative to participate, carries significant symbolic meaning. For AI models, these deeply edited, truly reliable high-quality data are the "golden fuel" for training; however, for copyright holders, if AI can directly provide answers in a chat window, who would click on the source site link?

In this confrontation between "data feeding" and "copyright protection," the boundaries of the law are being redefined. When the world's oldest encyclopedia meets the most cutting-edge AI giant, the outcome of this litigation may directly determine the cost and boundaries of knowledge acquisition for future artificial intelligence.

While the copyright controversy is intensifying, the hardware market has also brought new news: Apple Inc. announced the launch of AirPods Max2