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World News: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is set to visit India next week amid ongoing legal challenges facing his company in the country, as reported by Reuters, citing three anonymous sources.
Altman's trip to New Delhi is planned for February 5, 2025. During this visit, he may meet with government officials, although the details of the schedule are still subject to change. This marks Altman's potential return to India after a two-year hiatus, the last being in 2023 when he engaged with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to enhance India's technology landscape.
The timing of Altman's visit coincides with a lawsuit filed by the Indian news agency ANI last year. ANI has accused OpenAI of copyright infringement, alleging that the company utilized its news articles to train AI models without providing compensation. This legal dispute is significant, especially since OpenAI has previously stated that India represents its second-largest market in terms of user numbers, following the United States.
OpenAI is not only contending with legal challenges in India; it is also facing lawsuits from several U.S. news organizations, including The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune, for similar copyright violations. In response to these allegations, OpenAI maintains that it utilizes publicly available data in compliance with fair use standards and argues that Indian courts lack jurisdiction over these matters.Furthermore, OpenAI's challenges extend beyond legal issues.
The company is experiencing heightened competition from Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, which recently surpassed ChatGPT as the top-rated free app on Apple's App Store in the U.S., contributing to a global downturn in tech stocks.
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