Editorial: El Mundo

• Details of the lawsuit from The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft point out these companies used the newspaper's content without permission to train their artificial intelligence.
• Internal documents and statements from the executives of the sued companies indicate a knowledge that this represented an 'existential threat' to the media.
• Tech companies fear that if AI replaces newspapers, they will run out of new content to feed their future models.
• Regardless of the verdict from the U.S. judiciary, the dependence of tech giants on the content of quality media is clear.
• The companies have adopted a defense line focused on the doctrine of 'fair use', but the lawsuit argues they have developed techniques to dodge paywalls and copy articles without permission.

Conclusion: It's clear that AI and the current digital environment wouldn't be what they are without the contents of the news and editorial media. Recognizing this is not only a matter of justice but also the best way to advance. Without an informed society, there's no democracy, and this responsibility falls on independent journalism.

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