In recent months, rightsholders of all ilks have filed lawsuits against companies that develop AI models. The list includes record labels, individual authors, visual artists, and more recently the New York Times. These rightsholders all object to the presumed use of their work without proper compensation. A few hours ago, OpenAI and Microsoft responded to The New York Times complaint, asking the federal court to dismiss several key claims. Not just that, the defendants fire back with some rather...