OpenAI provides non-responsive ‘answer’ to New York Times copyright lawsuit

Leading tech firm OpenAI has told a federal district court that allegations of copyright violations by the New York Times and other news outlets lack the specificity to enable the company to respond in any detail, in its highly anticipated answer to the landmark lawsuit that could determine the fate of journalism in the age of AI.

“OpenAI lacks knowledge or information sufficient to admit or deny the allegations,” the company repeatedly says in a point-by-point non-responsive “answer” filed...