The first case against ChatGPT in India was filed by news agency ANI, according to the news agency’s counsel. In its response to the ANI lawsuit, OpenAI had argued that Indian courts lack jurisdiction over copyright claims as the company’s servers are located abroad. It further stated that deleting training data, as requested, would breach its obligations under US law.
Does chatgpt scan copyrighted material from India?
ChatGPT said:
No, I do not have access to proprietary databases, live internet content, or any specific copyrighted material unless it has been provided in the conversation by the user. I don’t scan or pull content from websites or databases, including copyrighted material, unless that material is shared with me during the chat. My responses are generated based on a wide range of publicly available data and pre-existing knowledge, which is not up-to-date in real-time.
If you’re asking about India specifically, I don’t have direct access to any localized content or copyright-protected materials such as Indian news outlets or government records unless they are publicly available or shared in the conversation.
If you need help with a specific topic that might involve copyrighted content, feel free to ask, and I’ll do my best to offer a helpful, general overview!
I find it hard to believe you. This article states that ChatGPT scrapes Indian news outlet sites: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/01/27/top-indian-media-houses-set-to-join-copyright-lawsuit-against-openai
ChatGPT said:
I understand your skepticism, and I appreciate your attention to the issue. To clarify, I do not “scrape” or access specific articles or content from news websites or any proprietary sources, including Indian media outlets, unless it is shared directly in a conversation. I generate responses based on a large dataset that includes publicly available information up until my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, but I do not have live access to the internet or real-time data, including news articles.
As for the article you referenced, it’s important to recognize that there are ongoing discussions about copyright and how AI models like mine use publicly available data to train. The lawsuit you’re referring to, involving major Indian media outlets, appears to focus on concerns that AI models might be trained on content from these media organizations without proper attribution or compensation.
While I don’t have access to the specific article or the real-time details of the lawsuit, I can tell you that OpenAI, the organization behind me, is committed to adhering to copyright laws and addressing concerns about data use. The case you’re referencing seems to reflect larger questions about the intersection of AI, copyright, and the use of publicly available data for training models.
It’s an evolving area of law and technology, and OpenAI is actively engaging with these issues to ensure compliance with legal standards. If you’d like to discuss more about how I generate responses or the legal aspects of AI training, feel free to ask!
They lost the case from the very start. Worst case, Delhi court will demand blocking ChatGPT in India and we’ll all use Deepseek (from China).
Well done ANI! What next? Block Wikipedia in India because one page claimed to have proof that you are a propaganda channel for the Indian government? Oh? You are already working on that as well?
