Definition of the perplexity of copyrights obtains a lawsuit against the dictionary

Merriam-WebSter and its mother company Encyclopedia Britannica are the latest facing artificial intelligence in court. Prosecutors prosecution Confused, claiming that the AI’s “Answer Match” product is copying its copyrights illegally. They also claim to violate copyright for cases in which artificial intelligence creates the wrong or inaccurate hazers that they wrongly attributed to Britannica or Merriam-WEBSter. the It was submitted at the New York Federal Court, seeking unlimited cash damage and a matter that prevents confusion from misusing its content.

The “Answer Motor”, called “the” Answer Engine “, removes the clicks of users on the plaintiffs and other web publishers-next, web publishers gather from revenues-by generating responses to user information that replaces content from other information sites,” reads the deposit. “To build its alternative product, the confusion is involved in huge copies of the prosecutors and other protected web publishers without permission or wages.”

This is not the first time that the allegations are confronted with illegally taking the content of the website. The artificial intelligence company has been accused of violating copyright before Wall Street Journal and New York Post. only A pair of Japanese media companies, Nikki and Ashai ShimbonLawsuit against similar claims.