The “hacking” OpenAI mentions in the filing could also be called prompt engineering or “red-teaming,” according to The New York Times’ attorney.
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts of The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against it, arguing that the newspaper “paid someone to hack ChatGPT” and other artificial intelligence (AI) systems to generate 100 misleading evidence for the case.
In a Manhattan federal court filing on Monday, OpenAI stated that the Times caused the technology to reproduce its material through “deceptive prompts that violate OpenAI’s terms of use.” OpenAI didn’t identify the individual it claims the Times employed to manipulate its systems, avoiding accusations of the newspaper violating anti-hacking laws.
In the filing, OpenAI said:
