The Wikimedia Foundation has taken legal action to defend open knowledge by intervening in the ongoing lawsuit between The New York Times and OpenAI. The organization argues that OpenAI’s training of AI models on copyrighted material—including Wikipedia’s publicly available content—could undermine the principles of open access and fair use. This move marks a significant step in the debate over AI development, copyright law, and the ethical use of freely shared information. The case could set important precedents for how digital content is used in machine learning.
The Wikimedia Foundation files to protect open knowledge in New York Times v OpenAI case Wikimedia Foundation
