Why the New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI is just a negotiating tactic

The lawsuit is futile and disingenuous. The real goal is: How can we squeeze some money out of OpenAI?

News broke this morning that The New York Times has sued Open AI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. The newspaper company says the use of Times’ content for training ChatGPT and Copilot is an “unlawful copying and use of The Times’s uniquely valuable works.”

The suit goes on to say that OpenAI wants to “free-ride on The Times’s massive investment …